 thumb|right|200px|logo of the itaa the information technology association of america (itaa), formerly the association of data processing service organizations (adapso), was a leading industry trade group for information technology companies. the association's membership contained most of the world's major information and communications technology (ict) firms, accounting for over 90% of ict goods and services sold in north america. == history == organizational meetings of what was initially called the data actuating technical association (data) began in 1960. in 1961, the association of data processing service organizations (adapso) was founded, and formally incorporated in 1962. its first president was romuald slimak, who had worked on the univac i. initially headquartered in pennsylvania, adapso moved to the washington, dc area in 1978 to be closer to government policymakers and advocates. adapso was renamed itaa in 1991. in march 2007 itaa president phil bond expressed his desire in merging itaa with another high tech trade association. on january 17, 2008, itaa announced that it had agreed to so-called "merger of equals" with the government electronics and information technology association (geia), and that the combined association would retain the itaa name. until earlier in the year geia had been an affiliate of eia (a trade association formerly known as the electronic industries alliance) eia has been very financially successful, unlike itaa. geia is slated to share in the distribution over $50 million in assets resulting in the breakup of eia . [the fall of eia: what happened?  in 2008 the itaa merged with the cybersecurity industry al
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