Association for Federal Information Resources Management
The Association for Federal Information Resources Management (AFFIRM) is a non-profit, volunteer, educational organization whose overall purpose is to improve the management of information, and related systems and resources, within the Federal government. Founded in 1979, and based in the Washington, DC area, AFFIRM's members include information resource management professionals from the Federal, academic, and industry sectors. AFFIRM is also an affiliated council of the American Council for Technology (ACT). In supporting this purpose, AFFIRM seeks to provide its members with professional development opportunities in three key focus areas.
IT Education
AFFIRM supports IT educational opportunities by conducting seminars and related educational sessions where AFFIRM handles the entire event, by sponsoring seminars as part of larger events where AFFIRM coordinates the seminar content, and by promoting worthy events in the IT field being conducted by others.
Networking
AFFIRM provides networking opportunities to its members, by providing one of the largest virtual forums of IT professionals serving the Federal community.
Interaction with Policymakers
AFFIRM offers its members the opportunity to influence the development of IT policy in the Federal arena by providing the venue for members to interact as individuals, as opposed to members of their respective employing organizations, with the key policy development organizations..
AFFIRM's Value Proposition
AFFIRM brings people together in a vendor neutral environment, to learn from one another—across federal agencies, industry, nonprofits, and academia. We educate and inform the federal IT community, and nurture and mentor the next generation of IT leaders to address high level IT and management issues.
AFFIRM focuses on senior management issues, from a multi-agency and functionally diverse perspective. We help our members gain a broader, more informed viewpoint in order to be more effective and do a better job managing the IT portfolios within their organizations.
