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ABOUT ITI
The Information Technology Industry
Council (ITI) is the premier group of the nation's leading high-tech
companies and widely recognized as the tech industry's most effective
lobbying organization in Washington, in various foreign capitals, and
the WTO.
ITI helps member companies achieve their policy objectives through building
relationships with Members of Congress, Administration officials, and
foreign governments; organizing industry-wide consensus on policy issues;
and working to enact tech-friendly government policies. ITI works to
reduce barriers that stifle innovation, increase access to global markets,
promote e-commerce expansion, protect consumer choice, and enhance the
global competitiveness of our companies.
ITI has been described by The Washington Post as "well-regarded
for its day-to-day lobbying skills," by Technology Daily as "the
only high-tech association that compiles a comprehensive voting guide
each Congress" and was the only high-tech group named one of Washington's
most effective lobbying groups in a National Journal survey
of Members of Congress. ITI member companies take in a combined
$635 billion in annual U.S. revenue.
HISTORY
ITI has served the tech industry longer than any other trade group. As
the industry has changed, ITI has changed and adapted along with it.
The organization was founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1916 as the National
Association of Office Appliance Manufacturers. In 1929, the name
was changed to the Office Equipment Manufacturers Institute as the group
set out to strengthen its role in public policy. The Institute
was reorganized in 1961 to cope more effectively with the issues confronting
a rapidly changing and expanding industry, and it became known as the
Business Equipment Manufacturers Association (BEMA).
In 1973, BEMA became the Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers
Association (CBEMA). For the next two decades, the association's value
to member companies was manifest in numerous regulatory and legislative
accomplishments, in successful efforts to build a network with counterparts
in other nations, and in its ability to sustain voluntary industry standards
programs in the U.S. and abroad.
The association again reorganized in 1994 and was renamed the Information
Technology Industry Council or ITI. The new name better reflected the
dynamic IT industry as it is today -- consisting of manufacturers and
suppliers of computers, telecommunications, business equipment, software,
and IT services.
Today, ITI continues to represent companies on the cutting edge of technology,
and its mission today is identical to that of its founders in 1916 --
to promote the global competitiveness of its member companies.
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CONTACT US
Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
1250 Eye Street, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
202-737-8888 main
202-638-4922 fax
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