1984 18th ICA Conference: “Policies and strategies for information processing in government” Personal Computers (PCs) begin to have a strong impact on government processing tasks. On a side note, the “1984 syndrome” turned out to be a bit different for ICA during this conference. The organization was left without a leader and for causes outside of ICA’s control. Dissolution was avoided through unity and creation of Editor/Treasurer post for secretarial support. Nicosia, Cyprus 23-26 October, 1984