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Title: List of Potential Witnesses, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002168
Creator: Jones, Bill
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: List of witnesses to call during hearings regarding federal spending on President Nixon's private homes in San Clemente, CA and Key Biscayne, FL. Document provided to Jack Brooks by staffer Bill Jones.

Title: Memorandum from Bill Jones to Jack Brooks, Re: Presidential Properties Investigation, September 13, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002099
Creator: Jones, Bill
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973-09-13
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memo from Bill Jones laying out work still to be done before hearings on the investigation into federal spending on President Richard Nixon's private homes begins.

Title: Memorandum, November 2, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-000932
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, California-Yorba Linda-Richard M. Nixon Historical Site
Dates: 1973-11-02
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The memorandum discusses the drafting of legislation concerning the expenditure of federal funds on private property for presidential security.

Title: Memorandum re: chronology of investigation, August 1, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-001991
Creator: Jones, Bill
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973-08-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum written by Bill Jones, an aide, giving Jack Brooks a chronology of the investigation into federal spending on President Richard Nixon's private homes.

Title: Memorandum regarding meeting with Comptroller General, [August 1977]
Identifier: camh-dob-002389
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1977-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum summarizing potential items to discuss with Comptroller General Elmer Staats.

Title: Memorandum regarding public funds spent on presidential homes, June 23, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-001989
Creator: Jones, Bill
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973-06-23
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum written by Bill Jones, an aide, to Jack Brooks regarding public funds spent on presidential private homes.

Title: Memorandum to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security from Jack Brooks, June 23, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001966
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Electronic data processing, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1976-06-23
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks informs the members of the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security within the Government Operations Committee that three days of hearings have been scheduled in order to review the procurement of automatic data processing (ADP) resources by the federal government.

Title: Missed call message, February 22, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001733
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1974-02-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Office note indicating a request from Craig Hines, a reporter, for a statement from Jack Brooks on President Richard Nixon's justification for using public funds to upgrade his residence in San Clemente, CA.

Title: News clipping and political cartoon, March 1, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001952
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1976-03-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A newsclipping discussing Jack Brooks's chairmanship of the Government Operations Committee and his opposition to revenue sharing accompanied by a political cartoon depicting Brooks as a gun-toting cowboy shooting a snake labeled "General Revenue Sharing."

Title: News release, April 26, 1966
Identifier: camh-dob-002064
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Aircraft accidents
Dates: 1966-04-26
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release announcing the beginning of hearings on air safety held by the Government Activities Subcommittee of the Government Operations Committee. Jack Brooks chaired the subcommittee.

Title: News release, August 31, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002072
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
Dates: 1965-08-31
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release announcing the Government Operations Committee's unanimous endorsement of the proposal to build the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. Jack Brooks introduced a joint resolution to grant the committee's approval to the project and send the vote to the House floor. The LBJ Presidential Library opened May 22, 1971.

Title: News release, February 18, 1975
Identifier: camh-dob-001928
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Legislation
Dates: 1975-02-18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A news release from Jack Brooks, Chairman of the Government Operations Committee, regarding legislation introduced to address the impact of inflation on government travel allowances.

Title: News release, February 4, 1975
Identifier: camh-dob-001933
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Legislation
Dates: 1975-02-04
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A news release announcing that the House Government Operations Committee, chaired by Jack Brooks, unanimously passed a bill to increase the per diem and mileage allowances for government employees traveling on official business after there had not been an increase since 1969.

Title: News release from Jack Brooks, December 8, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001586
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, United States. Federal Aviation Administration
Dates: 1969-12-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release announcing Government Activities Subcommittee hearings regarding delays in building air traffic control systems and the FAA. The Government Activities subcommittee was within the Government Operations Committee and chaired by Brooks.

Title: News Release from Jack Brooks, May 14, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001587
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Legislation
Dates: 1969-05-14
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release announcing the Government Operations committee's approval of Jack Brooks's legislation to use computers in Congress.

Title: News release from the General Services Administration, October 7, 1975
Identifier: camh-dob-001949
Creator: Sampson, Arthur F., 1926-
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1975-10-07
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy of a news release issued by the General Services Administration regarding Administrator Arthur Sampson's appearance before the Government Operations Committee. Jack Brooks included this copy in correspondence with John P. Sensenig of the Pennsylvania Governor's D.C. office.

Title: News release, July 20, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-002192
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1970-07-20
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release regarding a recently concluded investigation into the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) by the Government Activities Subcommittee. Jack Brooks was the chairman of the subcommittee.

Title: News release, July 30, 1975
Identifier: camh-dob-001942
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Contracts--Government
Dates: 1975-07-30
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A news release calling on the Federal Energy Administration to cancel a $7.7 million contract for a computer system that government auditors determined was unable to protect oil industry data from unauthorized use.

Title: News release, June 10, 1975
Identifier: camh-dob-001943
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Legislation
Dates: 1975-06-10
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A news release announcing hearings will begin on H.R. 7575, proposed legislation that would create an Agency for Consumer Protection.

Title: News release, June 22, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-002186
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Contracts--Government
Dates: 1967-06-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release announcing evidence of "coat stealing" that was the focus of investigatory hearings of the Government Activities Subcommittee. "Coat stealing" referred to incomplete painting of government facilities. These hearings were part of a broader effort by Jack Brooks, as chairman of the Government Activities Subcommittee, to reform government contracts.

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