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Title: Remarks by Jack Brooks, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-011010
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Computer security
Box: 2007-255-282
Folder: 246.2: "Legislation ... Government Activities 1973"
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Congressman Jack Brooks gives remarks about the expanding role of computers in daily life, the impact of the technological explosion on individuality and privacy, and the need to preserve identity and protect privacy.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks at the Federal Executive Board Seminar, January 17, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-011133
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Computer security
Dates: 1974-01-17
1974-01-17
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Brooks Speeches 1965-1974
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks at the Federal Executive Board Seminar.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, May 11, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-010941
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Computer security
Dates: 1973-05-11
1973-05-11
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Brooks Speeches 1965-1974
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks given by Congressman Jack Brooks at the Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association's Spring Meeting in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Brooks is honored by the association. He expresses hopes that computer technology can be used for real social improvement. He says "through better communication and information" society can "learn to live together more peacefully." He also claims that although the Bureau of Standards is "doing some very impressive work in the area of security, and maintaining the integrity of computer programs," it will continue to become more demanding in the future. He warns "It is not only computers that can be used for good or evil. The temptation to make one's fortune in this world through illegitimate tampering with computers and computer programs will be too much to resist." He urges cooperation with the Bureau of standards to minimize those issues.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, November 18, 1971
Identifier: camh-dob-010943
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Computer security
Dates: 1971-11-18
1971-11-18
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Brooks Speeches 1965-1974
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks at the Joint Meeting of the Association for Computing Machinery and Data Processing Management Association in Port Neches, Texas. Brooks says that the "Computer Age" is "extending the intellectual capacity of man." He expresses concerns that individual privacy and data security are increasing as a result of rapid technological advances and notes that they will continue to create challenges.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-010938
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Computer security
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: PR-10-"Brooks Speeches 1965-1974"
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Congressman Jack Brooks discusses the history of computers in government and the increasing importance and influence of computers on society.

Title: Statement by Congressman Jack Brooks at National Bureau of Standards Conference on Computer Security, November 19, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-011013
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 statement by Congressman Jack Brooks at the National Bureau of Standards Conference on Computer Security where he spoke about the challenges of modern society. Brooks discusses individual privacy and data security problems and gives a stark warning for the future of government and society if powers are allowed to act unchecked, and if restrictions on freedoms and forced conformity are allowed to erode individuality, dignity, and privacy.

Title: Statement of Congressman Jack Brooks at National Bureau of Standards Conference on Privacy and Security in Computer Systems, November 19, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-011132
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Computer security
Dates: 1973-11-19
1973-11-19
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Brooks Speeches 1965-1974
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A statement given by Congressman Jack Brooks at National Bureau of Standards Conference on "Privacy and Security in Computer Systems."

Title: Statement of Congressman Jack Brooks at National Bureau of Standards conference on privacy and security in computer systems on November 19, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002199
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Computer security
Dates: 1973-11-19
Box: 2007-255/124
Folder: Brooks Speeches, 1965-1974
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a statement made by Jack Brooks outlining a role for government in protecting individual privacy as computers gain prominence across society and the protection of computer data.