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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
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: Draft of statement, [1973]
Identifier: camh-dob-002045
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Legislation
Dates: 1973
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: Executive Office of the President, Bureau of the Budget, Report Summary, February 23, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-002069
Topic: Legislation, Computers
Dates: 1967-02-23
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Summary of a report released by the Executive Office of the President, Bureau of the Budget, highlighting the savings to taxpayers resulting from Jack Brooks's legislation authorizing government agencies to purchase or lease computers.

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
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
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's bill bringing computers to Congress for legislative uses.

Title: Interview transcript, February 6, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-002180
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Legislation
Dates: 1968-02-06
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of an interview transcript regarding the use and purchase of computers by the federal government. It is not clear whether this is an excerpt of a longer interview, who the interviewer was, or in what venue the interview appeared.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Clark Clifford, May 24, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-002178
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Clifford, Clark M., 1906-1998
Topic: Computers, Legislation
Dates: 1968-05-24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a letter sent on Government Activities Subcommittee letterhead from Jack Brooks (Chairman of the Subcommittee) to Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford. The letter concerns the development of computer programs that are interoperable between various computer models as well as the standardization of the purchase of computers by the federal government.

Title: News release, February 24, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-002068
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Computers
Dates: 1967-02-24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release announcing $100 million of savings resulting from Jack Brooks's legislation authorizing government agencies to purchase or lease computers.

Title: News release regarding H.R. 404, April 23, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001594
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Computers
Dates: 1969-04-23
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release from Jack Brooks regarding his bill to use computers for legislation

Title: Notes about electronic data processing, March 18, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-001754
Topic: Legislation, Computers
Dates: 1970-03-18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typewritten notes about electronic data processing and Jack Brooks's bill to use computers for data processing in Congress. Part of a packet of notes about this legislatioin that may have been used as a reference during a TV appearance.

Title: Notes for appearance on Panorama television program, March 18, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-001753
Topic: Legislation, Computers
Dates: 1970-03-18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typewritten notes about Jack Brooks's bill to bring computers into Congress.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks before the 14th Annual MIS-EDP conference, American Management Association, Americana Hotel, New York City, Monday, March 4, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-002179
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Legislation
Dates: 1968-03-04
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Speech given by Jack Brooks about the increasing use of computers across society and his efforts to make the purchase and use of computers by the federal government more efficient.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, computer specialists meeting, Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 30, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-002205
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Computers
Dates: 1970-04-30
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a speech delivered by Jack Brooks at an Atomic Energy Commission gathering of computer specialists. Brooks outlines the goals of his legislation, which became Public Law 89-306, that emphasized the purchase rather than lease of computers for government use.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, Founders Conference, Society for Management Information Systems, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Monday, September 8, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-002561
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Legislation
Dates: 1969-09-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks delivered by Jack Brooks at an information systems conference regarding the beneficial role of computers in government operations.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, The Conference Board, Twenty-Second Southwest Conference, West Columbia, Texas, March 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002043
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Computers
Dates: 1973-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Speech delivered by Jack Brooks summarizing the importance of computers and his work drafting and passing legislation for the purchase of computers by the federal government.