Аннотация:The appearance of serial computers of the Ural and M-20 series in the Soviet Union reduced the level of secrecy around computers. But there was a problem of lack of the necessary literature, training courses and teachers. The barrier in the form of censorship and strict planning for the publication of literature and conferences for years to come greatly hampered the spread of system software. A simple way out in the form of creating a public organization of computer users, which would train specialists and disseminate technical literature, was impossible in the USSR. This paper explores the emergence of a structure that to some extent weakened the tight grip of censorship and strict planning - the Commission for the Operation of Computers M-20 at the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences. Having become a very influential organization, it had a significant impact on the creation and development of subsequent associations (commissions), which made it possible to solve the problems of dissemination of knowledge and accessibility of information at least partially in the field of computers.