Association of Information Technology Professionals

Association of Information Technology Professionals

The Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) is a professional association that focuses on information technology education. The group is a non-profit national group, but its activities are performed by about 200 local chapters organized on a geographic basis, and a similar number of student chapters at college and universities.


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History

The group was first organized in Chicago in 1949, as the National Machine Accountants Association, NMAA.[1] It soon had over 20 chapters. Harvey W. Protzel, systems manager for Protzel's Company, was elected the first International President at the 1952 First Annual Convention in Minneapolis. In 1962 it adopted the more inclusive name, Data Processing Management Association (DPMA), and in 1996, the present name.

The Association began its certification program with the Certificate in Data Processing (CDP) professional examination, first held in 1962 in New York. In 1970 it added the Registered Business Programmer (RBP) examination. In 1974, the Association joined in establishing the Institute for the Certification of Computer Professionals (ICCP) to administer the examination program and stimulate industry acceptance of the examinations. The certification is now called Certified Computing Professional (CCP)

The Association created in 1969 the annual DPMA Man of the Year Award, awarding it (incongruously, given its name) to Dr. Grace Murray Hopper. After Dr. Ruth Davis of the U.S. National Bureau of Standards won the 1979 award[2], it was renamed the Distinguished Information Sciences Award.

Ethics

The Association requires its members to abide by a code of ethics that has been in place for decades, predating both the HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley legislation. The Association also requires members to operate by a "Standards of Conduct" for IT Professionals, which adds specifics. [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Johnson, Charles (1958). Data Processing: 1958 Proceedings. Paris, Illinois: National Machine Accountants Association. pp. 412. 
  2. ^ http://www.aitp.org/newsletter/newsarticle.jsp?article=1473
  3. ^ standards

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