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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
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: 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-010925
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
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
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: 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
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
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
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
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
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."

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to R. W. Bemer, June 5, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-011136
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Honeywell Information Systems, Inc.
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1972-06-05, 1972-06-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Congressman Jack Brooks to retired Colonel and Editor, R. W. Bemer, expressing thanks for Brook's article publication in the Honeywell Computer Journal.

Title: Remarks by Congressman Brooks, March 4, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-010986
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1968-03-04, 1968-03-04
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks given by Congressman Jack Brooks before the 14th Annual MIS-EDP Conference, and American Management Association, at the Americana Hotel in New York City. Brooks discusses the potential of computer technology and the necessity of effective computer management.

Title: Remarks by Congressman Jack Brooks, April 30, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-010933
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Standardization
Dates: 1970-04-30, 1970-04-30
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks given by Congressman Jack Brooks at the Computer Specialists Meeting for the Atomic Energy Commission in Washington, D.C. Brooks says the Atomic Energy Commission is making progress with business-like computer management.

Title: Remarks by Congressman Jack Brooks, December 1, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-010935
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Standardization
Dates: 1969-12-01, 1969-12-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks given by Congressman Jack Brooks at the Second International Forum of the International Business Forms Industries in Hollywood Beach, Florida. Brooks discusses the effective and efficient application and exploitation of computers in Federal Government and society.

Title: Remarks by Congressman Jack Brooks, July 15, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-010934
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Standardization
Dates: 1970-07-15, 1970-07-15
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks given by Congressman Jack Brooks for the Installation of Officers, and Federal Automatic Data Processing Users Group, in the Capital Region. Brooks speaks on "Automatic Data Processing in the Federal Government-Past, Present and Future," and the need for standardization.

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