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Title: Article by Congressman Jack Brooks, March 16, 1966
Identifier: camh-dob-010931
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1966-03-16
1966-03-16
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Brooks Magazine Articles 1967-1971
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An article written by Congressman Jack Brooks that discusses the growing use of computers in government, government spending and budgeting, Public Law 89-306, and the problem of compatibility.

Title: Brooks introduces legislation to improve federal policymaking regarding computers, February 17, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-002236
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Legislation
Dates: 1972-02-17
Box: 2007-255/263
Folder: 310.12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A news release from Jack Brooks announcing his legislation to improve Federal policy making regarding computers and to expand basic research in computer technology.

Title: Correspondence from Congressman Jack Brooks to Colonel W.J. Baird, April 12, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-011140
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1967-04-12
1967-04-12
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Brooks Magazine Articles 1967-1971
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Congressman Jack Brooks to Colonel W.J. Baird thanking Baird for the way Brooks's article was presented in Signal magazine.

Title: Correspondence from Congressman Jack Brooks to R.W. Bemer, August 4, 1971
Identifier: camh-dob-010929
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: Letter from Congressman Jack Brooks to R.W. Bemer, a representative of Phoenix Computer Operations, and Honeywell Information Systems, Inc. Brooks thanks Mr. Bemer for sending a copy of the Honeywell Computer Journal, which contained an article written by Brooks titled "Orienting the Computer to People." Brooks says he considers the topic "of vital importance."

Title: Correspondence from Congressman Jack Brooks to the Honorable A.S. Mike Monroney, March 25, 1966
Identifier: camh-dob-010958
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1966-03-25
1966-03-25
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Brooks Statements & Press Releases 1962-1966
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Congressman Jack Brooks to the Honorable A.S. Mike Monroney, Co-Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Organization of the Congress. The correspondence includes an outline of the Automatic Data Processing format that will be introduced into legislative process.

Title: Datamation Magazine article and corresponding letter, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-016618
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1968
1968
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." The corresponding letter is from Datamation Magazine editor Robert B. Forest to Ernest Baynard requesting an article to be written by Jack Brooks about standardization.

Title: Datamation magazine article, February 1, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-010979
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1969-02-01
1969-02-01
Box: 2007-255-124
Folder: Brooks Press Releases & Statements 1969-1970
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A Datamation article reprint discussing the Federal government and computers, and the importance of government-wide compatibility in automatic data processing.

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 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: 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: 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: 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.

Title: Letter from Congressman Jack Brooks to Jules B. Dupeza, December 15, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-011024
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1972-12-15
1972-12-15
Box: 2007-255-282
Folder: 246.2: "Legislation ... Government Activities 1973"
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Congressman Jack Brooks to Jules B. DuPeza expressing gratitude for support on computer legislation.

Title: Letter from Congressman Jack Brooks to the Honorable Melvin R. Laird, February 17, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-010919
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1969-02-17
1969-02-17
Box: 2007-255-188
Folder: 173.15
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter to the Secretary of Defense, Melvin R. Laird, from Congressman Jack Brooks, regarding computer procurement. Brooks asks several questions, and wants to know why no progress has been made to coordinate computer use within the "World-Wide Command and Control systems."

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