Councils
Representing 16 (geographical and topical) Councils
The FGIPC’s five specific primary purposes are to:
Develop a coordinated leadership for focusing the activities of the member organizations.
Develop a four-way channel of communication between the manager/user of information processing technologies, the government agencies regulating the use of these technologies, industry, and the academic community.
Assist its members in increasing the quantity, quality, and timeliness of information processing service deliveries through more efficient and effective management in the application of state-of-the-art information processing technologies.
Provide IRM education and training to maintain the most superior and technical competence of the information systems work force at the federal, state and local levels of government.
Promote the profession of IRM in the public sector.
Since its birth in 1979, the FGIPC has grown from ten government IRM/ADP telecommunications councils to twenty-three in 1997. Nine of these councils are located in major metropolitan areas of the United States and focused on the needs, interests and capabilities of the government IRM communities of those areas. Seven councils are dedicated to specific technologies of the IRM industry and operate on an at-large basis, with participating membership independent of any geographical reference. One council is the FGIPC Industry Advisory Council.
The FGIPC has established three general objectives:
Establish liaison with key officials in the regulatory and oversight agencies and maintain open channels for the two-way flow of information pertinent to the improvement of productivity in the delivery of government services affected by information processing technologies.
Provide an environment wherein government and industry may interface to exchange new and innovative ideas and methods for improving management and productivity through application of state-of-the-art technologies in information processing and problem solving.
Act on the part of the member organizations in developing programs for direct interface between oversight and regulatory bodies of government and the end user/manager of information processing technologies critical to the delivery of government services.
COUNCILS
Western Region Councils
ICTIP of Northern California & Nevada, San Francisco, CA
Information Technology Council of Southern California and Arizona, San Diego, CA
Technology Council of the Intermountain States (ITCIS)
Central Region Councils
Dallas – Ft. Worth Federal Government Information Processing Council, Dallas, TX
Midwest Information Technology Council, Kansas City, MO
Gulf Coast Information Processing Council, New Orleans, LA
ADP Council of the Southeastern States, Atlanta, GA
Eastern Region Councils
Association for Federal Information Resources Management (AFFIRM), Washington, DC
Federal Information Processing Council of New York (FIPCO), New York, NY
National Capitol Chapter, Association for Information and Image Management
National Councils
Government Information Technology Executives Council
Government SQL Users Group
Special Interest Group on CD ROM Applications and Technology
National High Performance Computing and Communications Council
Ada Software Engineering Education and Training Council
The Council of Retired (Government IT) Executives
National IT Education Council
Federal Smart Card Users Group
Association of Government Records Management Professionals
BENEFITS OF FGIPC COUNCIL AFFILIATION
There are many reasons why an IRM/IT council may wish to affiliate with FGIPC. Perhaps the most obvious is that the FGIPC is well-recognized in national government circles as the premier organization representing the interests of public sector IT professionals in this country and abroad.
Relationships have been built with IRM officials at international, national, state, and local levels, and it is through these relationships that many of the goals of the Federation are advanced.
FGIPC is involved in various intergovernmental panels and ad hoc groups, as well as with organizations such as the Public Employees Roundtable (PER) and the International Council for Information Technology in Government Administration (ICA).
Through formal links between FGIPC and the councils, information concerning the issues most critical to IRM/IT professionals can be transmitted. Council members and leaders may network with colleagues in other councils and may jointly address areas of critical importance to more than one council.
Councils may take advantage of the legal and financial counsel secured by FGIPC in addressing their own legal and financial needs.
Council officers benefit from the Officers and Directors liability insurance coverage carried by FGIPC for the protection of its own officers, as well as those of its member councils.
Councils may use FGIPC’s mailing list in the promotion of their own programs and services, and may place no-cost promotions, space permitting, in the FGIPC’s COUNCIL CONNECTION newsletter.
Council officers may call upon the FGIPC to provide guidance in areas familiar to FGIPC, but new to the particular council.
Councils’ leadership and membership has formal links with the leadership and membership of the FGIPC’s Industry Advisory Council and FGIPC’s Intergovernmental Advisory Board — for leaders through participation in governance functions, and for members through participation in FGIPC/IAC/IAB -sponsored education programs.