The Information Technology Industry Council (ITIC) represents the leading U.S. providers of information technology products and services. ITIC advocates growing the economy through innovation and supports free-market policies.

ITI members had worldwide revenues of more than $460 billion in 1999 and employed more than 1.2 million people in the United States.

ITI has served the industry longer than any IT industry trade group. It was founded in 1916 in Chicago as the National Association of Office Appliance Manufacturers to be the trade association for the business equipment industry. Known in later years as Office Equipment Manufacturers Institute, Business Equipment Manufacturers Association, and Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association (CBEMA), it became ITI in 1994.

Among issues ITIC follows are intellectual property, e-commerce, privacy, accessibility, and others.

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