International Committee for Information Technology Standards

InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards

Abbreviation	INCITS
Established	1961 (63 years ago) (1961)
Type	Standards Development Organization
Purpose	U.S. forum dedicated to creating technology standards for the next generation of innovation.
Headquarters	Washington, D.C., U.S.
Website	www.incits.org

The InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS), (pronounced "insights"),^[1] is an ANSI-accredited standards development organization composed of Information technology developers. It was formerly known as the X3 and NCITS.

INCITS is the central U.S. forum dedicated to creating technology standards. INCITS is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and is affiliated with the Information Technology Industry Council, a global policy advocacy organization that represents U.S. and global innovation companies.

INCITS coordinates technical standards activity between ANSI in the US and joint ISO/IEC committees worldwide. This provides a mechanism to create standards that will be implemented in many nations. As such, INCITS' Executive Board also serves as ANSI's Technical Advisory Group for ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1. JTC 1 is responsible for International standardization in the field of information technology. INCITS operates through consensus.