GIPAW Mission Statement

• Promote the effective, responsible management of information technology to the benefit of its members, their employers, and society.
  
• Keep the members' knowledge up to date and ensure that proper expertise is available when needed.
  
• Share knowledge with each other and present factual and objective information to management.
  
• Cooperate with one another in achieving, understanding, and identifying problems and concerns affecting the advancement of the data processing field.
  
• Provide data processing professionals opportunities for regular interaction.

The Governmental Information Processing Association of Wisconsin (GIPAW) does not endorse or promote any vendor or vendor's product(s). Any vendor representation of endorsement is expressly without the consent of GIPAW and its Board of Directors.

GIPAW History

Governmental Information Processing Association of Wisconsin (GIPAW) was formed in 1988 when a group of data processing professionals from the northern part of the state met to make a group purchase of tax bills and professionals from the southern part of the state were meeting with state officials to keep the state current on what was happening at the county level. The two groups quickly realized the benefit of an organization of data processing professionals working together to deal with all the issues involving the state of Wisconsin and GIPAW was formed. All county, city, village and township data processing professionals from the state were invited to the first official meeting in 1989. Since that time, state agencies have also become members.

Today, the group provides a forum for the exchange of ideas, information and techniques; enhancements of hardware, software and communication developments as they relate to government activities. Everyone needs help from time to time and GIPAW gives its members a place to seek advice for those issues. This involves all levels of government in a rapidly changing world of information processing technology.

GIPAW Purpose

To provide leadership in facilitating the exchange of information and experience among organization members for the benefit of information processing management field. To develop technical and educational material for, and to encourage sound, proper and ethical practices in the field of information processing management. To encourage the advancement of information processing management profession.