Actions recommended by the task force included State-funded community-based violence prevention programs that involve family, religious institutions, schools, youth groups, senior citizens, and others; an active media campaign to reduce violence; and the development of a violence prevention directory and prevention conferences. The task force also recommended that each school system develop and implement a violence control plan; that local, State, and Federal law enforcement agencies increase their cooperation in controlling gun violence; that firearms transactions be subject to additional requirements; and that modern technology be used to increase the criminal history information for the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation to make background checks on prospective handgun purchasers.