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The Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) is a 
AITP official websiteOral history interview with Willis Daniel
Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. Daniel focuses on the origin and growth of the National Machine Accountants Association (NMAA), later the Data Processing Management Association (DPMA). He describes how the changes in business data processing in the 1940s and 1950s led to the creation of NMAA in an effort to pool knowledge and resources as well as increase the professionalism of the emerging position of data processing manager.
Data Processing Management Association Records
Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. {{Authority control Organizations established in 1949 1949 establishments in Illinois Information technology organizations based in North America Information technology education Professional associations based in Chicago Non-profit organizations based in Chicago Data processing
professional association
A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) is a group that usually seeks to advocacy, further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in ...
that focuses on information technology
Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...
education for business professionals. The group is a non-profit US-oriented group, but its activities are performed by 62 local chapters organized on a geographic basis, and 286 student chapters at colleges and universities.
History
The group was first organized inChicago
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, United States, in 1949 as the National Machine Accountants Association (NMAA). The State of Illinois granted the NMAA a charter on December 26, 1951. 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
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. 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 City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
. 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).
In 1969, the Association created 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 US National Bureau of Standards won the 1979 award, it was renamed the Distinguished Information Sciences Award.
In 2017, the Association was purchased by CompTIA.
In 2019, CompTIA rebranded the national AITP as CompTIA IT Pro and Student Membership; however, many local chapters still retain the AITP name.
Ethics
The Association requires its members to abide by a code of ethics. The Association also requires members to operate by a ''"Standards of Conduct"'' for IT Professionals, which adds specifics.See also
* Association for Computing Machinery *IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Computer Society (commonly known as the Computer Society or CS) is a technical society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) dedicated to computing, namely the major areas of hardware, software, standards and people ...
References
External links
AITP official website
Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. Daniel focuses on the origin and growth of the National Machine Accountants Association (NMAA), later the Data Processing Management Association (DPMA). He describes how the changes in business data processing in the 1940s and 1950s led to the creation of NMAA in an effort to pool knowledge and resources as well as increase the professionalism of the emerging position of data processing manager.
Data Processing Management Association Records
Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. {{Authority control Organizations established in 1949 1949 establishments in Illinois Information technology organizations based in North America Information technology education Professional associations based in Chicago Non-profit organizations based in Chicago Data processing