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Title: Contract from the General Services Administration regarding the building of a fence on Richard Nixon's San Clemente property, July 23, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001441
Topic: Governmental Investigations, Contracts--Government
Dates: 1969-07-23
Box: 2007-255/180
Folder: Project 500
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A contract outlining the difficulties involved in completing the project at President Richard Nixon's private home and keeping it under budget.

Title: Contract from the General Services Administration regarding the building of a fence on Richard Nixon's San Clemente property, November 6, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001442
Topic: Governmental Investigations, Contracts--Government
Dates: 1969-11-06
Box: 2007-255/180
Folder: Project 500
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A contract outlining the difficulties involved in completing the project at President Richard Nixon's private home and keeping it under budget.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Elmer B. Staats, November 16, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-002183
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Staats, Elmer B., 1914-2011
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Contracts--Government
Dates: 1967-11-16
Box: 2007-255/124
Folder: Speeches-Press Releases 1967-1968
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks, in his capacity as Chairman of the Government Affairs Subcommittee, to Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General of the United States, regarding Staats's report on architect-engineer contracts dispensed by the federal government.

Title: News release, August 1, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001738
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Contracts--Government
Dates: 1974-08-01
Box: 2007-255/302
Folder: 254.24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release announcing hearings investigating the multi-million dollar contract awarded to Philco-Ford Corporation to install an Electronic Voice Switching System for air traffic controllers and the significant cost overruns and delays in the project.

Title: News release: Brooks subcommittee calls hearing to examine Defense Department's new policy on contractor profits, March 12, 1987
Identifier: camh-dob-002308
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Governmental Investigations, Contracts--Government
Dates: 1987-03-12
Box: 2007-255/620
Folder: Legis: Gov't Ops (Jan-Jun) 1987
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a news release announcing hearings by the Legislation and National Security Subcommittee looking into profits by defense contractors.

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
Box: 2007-255/124
Folder: Speeches-Press Releases 1967-1968
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.

Title: News release: State Department's management of public diplomacy contracts criticized in G.A.O. report released by Reps. Fascell and Brooks, December 1, 1987
Identifier: camh-dob-002304
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012, Fascell, Dante B.
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Contracts--Government
Dates: 1987-12-01
Box: 2007-255/620
Folder: Legis: Foreign Affairs, (Sep-Dec) 1987
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a news release announcing a new audit report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) released by Congressmen Jack Brooks and Dante Fascell. The report investigated contracts awarded by the State Department's Office of Public Diplomacy for Latin America and the Carribbean.