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Title: Congressional Press Release, September 22, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-010955
Creator: United States. Congress. House
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1965-10-22
1965-09-02
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Brooks Statements & Press Releases 1962-1966
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A Congressional press release announcing that "the House passed Brooks's Quarter Billion Dollar Savings Bill" which will provide improvements in effective management and utilization of computers in government. The hearing which took place in regard to the proposed legislation included supportive testimony from the General Accounting Office, the Bureau of the Budget, the Atomic Energy Commission, the General Services Administration, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Defense and NASA.

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."