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Discusses a proposed reorganization of the Computer Systems Department of the Association for Computing Machinery. Information that the department has been divided into two sub-departments: Computer Architecture and Measurement, and Performance Evaluation; Functions and roles of the departments; Information on the steps taken by the association for the publication of valuable papers related to the field of computer science in the periodical "Communications of the ACM."

Announces the creation of two technical departments for the journal 'Communications of the ACM.' Committee members; Contributions of the departments to the magazine's publications on the computing profession.

The article presents news related to the journal "Communications of the ACM." The report "Curriculum Recommendations for Graduate Professional Programs and Information Systems" that appeared in the May 1972 issue of the journal is now available as a separate reprint with heavy paper cover. The report is the result of over three years' work by the ACM Curriculum Committee on Computer Education for Management. The report is available at $1.50 per copy to ACM members and at $3.00 per copy to others. Orders accompanied by payment and clearly identified as for the report may be addressed to ACM Headquarters Order Department; ACM members are requested to give their member numbers. M. Stuart Lynn, Editor-in-Chief, is pleased to announce the July 1972 issue of Communications will be a Commemorative Issue in honor of ACM'S 25th Anniversary. This issue will be outstanding in every way. Especially solicited technical contributions will be presented in four groups. Fundamentals will cover the basic concepts and methodology, which underlie the application of computer techniques to the problems of the real world.

The article presents news related to the publication of the journal "Communications of the ACM." Dr. M. Stuart Lynn, editor-in-chief of the journal has announced that the new editor for Scientific applications is Dr. Charles L. Lawson and the new editor for the Standards department is Charles Kerpelman. Dr. Lawson is a past chairman and an ardent member of the ACM Los Angeles Chapter's SIGNUM Group. William S. Dorm, editor of Computing Surveys is gratified that ACM's new periodical is being well received by the professional data processing community. On May 8, 1969, the Daytona Beach chapters of the ACM and the IEEE Computer Group conducted a Computer Science Theater for residents of the Daytona Beach, Florida area. The Special Interest Group on Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation has formed a sub-committee on the computation of algebraic structures. The possibility of investigating algebraic structures with the help of computers is arousing increasing interest. The main objective of the sub-committee is to spread information on both the mathematical algorithm and the computing techniques used in programs for investigating algebraic structures.