What are some leading organizations in this field?
NWCET (National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies) is based out of Bellevue Community College in Bellevue, Washington. This organization is dedicated to creating national and local leadership in an effort to develop innovative, researched based curricula for information technology education.
The Association for Computing Machinery, or ACM, is the world's largest computing society devoted to advancing computing as a science and profession. ACM has more than 82,000 members from industry, academia, and government organizations world-wide. ACM offers its members professional growth through career development, networking, and learning opportunities. In addition to sponsoring over 120 conferences each year, this organization puts out over 40 publications that contain original research and first hand perspectives from the world's leaders in information technology.