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March 23, 2000 9:30 AM, EST

The Information Technology and Logistics Council is preparing for what members say will be a great conference even as staff members pack boxes and prepare to close up shop.

American Trucking Associations’ executive board voted to shut down the council in February as part of its effort to cut costs and restructure the trade organization – a process that started in August 1998. By ending ITLC as an independent council, the board was responding to demands by ATA members to discontinue departments that did not contribute to advocacy and lobbying goals.

ITLC had been responsible for technology as it relates to business and operational functions, said Rich Curtis, director of the organization.

The work concentrated on electronic data interchange and electronic commerce. It also involved monitoring trends in radio frequency identification and other forms of automatic data capture, satellite tracking, customs automation and logistics and supply chain technologies, he said.

For the full story, see the Mar. 20 print edition of Transport Topics. .