A new organization for data and information quality managers recently formed, the International Association for Information and Data Quality, offers information and resources to help data quality professionals solve quality problems in their organizations. Noting that poor data quality costs companies and consumers billions of dollars a year, the organization’s vision is to become a repository for data quality enhancement information. The IAIDQ, a nonprofit organization, was founded by Larry P. English of Information Impact International and Thomas C. Redman of Navesink Consulting Group. The board of directors includes representatives from Microsoft Corp., IBM and First Logic. Membership is international, with members from Australia, Belgium, Norway, South Africa, Denmark and Cyprus.

For more information, visit www.iaidq.org.

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