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Title: Datamation Magazine article, July 22, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-010930
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1968-07-22
1968-07-22
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Brooks Magazine Articles 1967-1971
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Datamation Magazine article, titled "The Role of the Federal Government in the Computer Compatibility Effort." The article states the necessity of computers "to make an efficient, effective, and responsive government possible for a nation of more than 200 million people."

Title: Draft article by Congressman Jack Brooks for Computer Journal, August 4, 1971
Identifier: camh-dob-011170
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1971-08-04
1971-08-04
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Brooks Magazine Articles 1967-1971
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Computer Journal draft article titled, "The Need to User Orient the Computer." Brooks says that World War II ushered in the "Computer Age," that it is an "essential element for survival," and that "the computer is of little value until it is utilized to fill human needs to solve human problems."

Title: Draft News Release, January 25, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-011000
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1967-01-25
1967-01-25
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Speeches - Press Releases 1967-68
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A draft news release announcing that Congressman Jack Brooks is the special guest at signing ceremonies.

Title: Draft of statement, [1973]
Identifier: camh-dob-002045
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Legislation
Dates: 1973
Box: 2007-255/282
Folder: 246.2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Draft of a statement delivered by Jack Brooks calling on Congress to consider individual privacy rights when crafting legislation about computers.

Title: Draft remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-010925
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Brooks Magazine Articles 1967-1971
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Draft remarks by Congressman Jack Brooks on "The Role of the Federal Government in the Computer Compatibility Effort." Brooks explains the "uncoordinated" approach taken by the Federal government in regard to computer use and procurement bore the passage of Public-Law 89-306, which called for government-wide coordination in automatic data processing. Brooks says progress since then has been slow and that computer compatibility in government, private businesses and industries "merits much greater effort," and is suffering from "a lack of urgency," among many other problems.

Title: Draft-Statement of Congressman Jack Brooks, August 13, 1971
Identifier: camh-dob-010944
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1971-08-13
1971-08-13
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Brooks Speeches 1965-1974
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Draft remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks at the Lamar State College of Technology in Texas, which became Lamar University. The university was given RAPID software technology, provided by the government, to aid in data management.

Title: Executive Office of the President, Bureau of the Budget, Report Summary, February 23, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-002069
Topic: Legislation, Computers
Dates: 1967-02-23
Box: 2007-255/161
Folder: Government Operations - Legislation
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Summary of a report released by the Executive Office of the President, Bureau of the Budget, highlighting the savings to taxpayers resulting from Jack Brooks's legislation authorizing government agencies to purchase or lease computers.

Title: For immediate release, May 14, 1969, Brooks plan for computer use in Congress moves ahead
Identifier: camh-dob-002255
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Computers
Dates: 1969-05-14
Box: 2007-255/183
Folder: 167.45
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release announcing that the Government Operations Committee approved legislation introduced by Jack Brooks to allow the purchase of computers for use in Congress.

Title: Government Executive Article, December 1, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-011035
Creator: Government executive magazine (Television program)
Topic: Computers, Standardization
Dates: 1972-12-01
1972-12-01
Box: 2007-255-263
Folder: 310.12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Government Executive magazine article with remarks given by Congressman Jack Brooks, regarding the "consolidation of government data."

Title: Hearing with scheduled witness testimony from Joseph Campbell and Bernard I. Boutin, May 23, 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-010967
Creator: United States. Congress
Topic: Computers, Court proceedings
Dates: 1963-05-23
1963-05-23
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Brooks Statements & Press Releases 1962-1966
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The beginning of court proceedings for hearings regarding the effective use of computer legislation and automatic data processing with scheduled witnesses, Joseph Campbell, and Bernard I. Boutin.

Title: Honeywell Computer Journal Volume. 5 No. 4, 1971
Identifier: camh-dob-011137
Creator: Honeywell Information Systems, Inc.
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1971
1971
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Brooks Magazine Articles 1967-1971
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The Honeywell Computer Journal Volume. 5 No. 4 1971, contains an article written by Congressman Jack Brooks titled "Orienting the Computer to People."

Title: House Government Activities Subcommittee Program for the 90th Congress, 2nd Session, Chairman Jack Brooks, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-010988
Creator: United States. Congress. House
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Speeches - Press Releases 1967-68
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The House Government Activities Subcommittee Program for the 90th Congress, 2nd Session, chaired by Congressman Jack Brooks.

Title: H.R. 404, January 3, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001595
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Legislation
Dates: 1969-01-03
Box: 2007-255/188
Folder: 173.16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's bill bringing computers to Congress for legislative uses.

Title: H.R. 4845, February 11, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002071
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1965-02-11
Box: 2007-255/132
Folder: Legis: Government Operations (Billie Sol Estes)
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Text of H.R. 4845 introduced by Jack Brooks. The legislation authorized Federal departments and agencies to lease or purchase automatic data processing equipment.

Title: H.R. 5171, October 22, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-010956
Creator: United States. Congress. House
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1965-10-22
1965-10-22
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Brooks Statements & Press Releases 1962-1966
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The bill H.R. 5171 is introduced to carry out recommendations by made in the Comptroller General's Report that aimed to provide optimum utilization of Automatic Data Processing equipment and to ensure that additional equipment is purchased at lowest possible price. The General Services Administration is assigned to handle "government-wide coordination of the program," while the Bureau of the Budget and Congress will "maintain budgetary control."

Title: Interview transcript, February 6, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-002180
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Legislation
Dates: 1968-02-06
Box: 2007-255/124
Folder: Speeches-Press Releases 1967-1968
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of an interview transcript regarding the use and purchase of computers by the federal government. It is not clear whether this is an excerpt of a longer interview, who the interviewer was, or in what venue the interview appeared.

Title: Interview with Jack Brooks, February 6, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-010987
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1968-02-06
1968-02-06
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Speeches - Press Releases 1967-68
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: In an interview, Congressman Jack Brooks explains that computers will threaten the individual rights to privacy, but that those problems can be managed through democratic government.

Title: Letter from Congressman Jack Brooks to Charles L. Schulze, December 5, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-010990
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Schultze, Charles L.
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1967-12-05
1967-12-05
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Speeches - Press Releases 1967-68
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter to the Honorable Charles L. Schultze, the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, from Congressman Jack Brooks. Brooks says that there is a need for specific problem definitions in the data processing standardization effort.

Title: Letter from Congressman Jack Brooks to Clark Clifford, May 24, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-010984
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Clifford, Clark M., 1906-1998
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1968-05-24
1968-05-24
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Speeches - Press Releases 1967-68
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Congressman Jack Brooks to the Honorable Clark Clifford, Secretary of Defense, regarding Common Business Oriented Language (COBOL) in computer programming.

Title: Letter from Congressman Jack Brooks to Ed Hunter, November 19, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-011012
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Computer security
Dates: 1973-11-19
1973-11-19
Box: 2007-255-282
Folder: 246.2: "Legislation ... Government Activities 1973"
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Congressman Jack Brooks to Ed Hunter, the managing editor at the Houston Post, with his remarks from the National Bureau of Standards Conference on Computer Security enclosed.

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