American Federation of Information Processing Societies

Overview
The American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) was an umbrella organization of professional societies established on May 10, 1961 and dissolved in 1990. Its mission was to advance knowledge in the field of information science, and to represent its member societies in international forums. The three founding societies of AFIPS were the Association for Computing Machinery, the [American Institute of Electrical Engineers]], and the Institute of Radio Engineers. AFIPS represented these societies in the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), formed a year earlier under the auspices of UNESCO.