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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF16-003
This folder contains material pertaining to proposed legislation involving the General Services Administration (GSA). Types of items include correspondence, copies of bills, Congressional reports, memoranda, drafts, and Congressional testimony of Bernard Boutin and other GSA officials. There is also a copy of "A Report to the President Containing A Proposal by the National Historical Publications Commission."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF42-019
This folder contains material related to the legislative plans of various agencies for the 87th Congress, 2nd Session, which began in January 1962. In addition to information from the Council of Economic Advisers, there are also proposed legislative programs submitted by the Post Office Department, Civil Service Commission, United States Information Agency, General Services Administration, Panama Canal Zone Government, Department of Justice, Federal Communications Commission, Department of Labor, and Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
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Bernard L. Boutin Personal Papers
BLBPP-MF23-003
This folder contains material pertaining to written statements and testimony by Bernard Boutin before Congressional committees. Topics include federal budget appropriations for the General Services Administration (GSA); proposed bills and legislation; the federal telecommunications system; the economics of military procurement and supply; and the disposition of federal property such as Ellis Island and Mitchel Air Force Base. Specific documents found in this file include a Report to Congress by the Comptroller General on "Unnecessary Costs to the Government for Commercial Long Distance Telephone Calls Made by Civil Agencies" (March 1964); a compilation of "GSA Selected Statistics, July 1, 1952 - June 30, 1962"; and an "Inventory of Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Equipment in the Federal Government" (August 1962). In addition, there are copies of a few statements by other individuals such as Joseph Campbell, U.S. Comptroller General; Congressman Jack Brooks; George B. Hartzog, Jr., National Park Service; Nelson A. Rockefeller, Governor of New York; and Wayne C. Grover, Archivist of the United States.
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Bernard L. Boutin Personal Papers
BLBPP-MF15-010
This folder contains legislative material related to the General Services Administration (GSA). Types of items include correspondence, drafts, summaries, correspondence, memoranda, pages from the Congressional Record, copies of bills, and lists of pending legislation. The file contains a presentation packet on the "GSA's Proposed Legislative Program, 89th Congress, 1st Session." There is also an older report titled "The Scope and Applicability of the Conflict of Interest Statutes" by Frank X. Brown, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the Secretary of Defense" (January 1952).
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BLBPP
Papers 1955-1966. Businessman, New Hampshire political figure, government official. Mayor of Laconia, N.H. (1955-1959); Kennedy campaign worker (1960); Deputy Administrator and Administrator, General Services Administration (1961-1964); Deputy Director, Office of Economic Opportunity (1965-1968). Correspondence, memorandums, appointment books, schedules, and speech files relating to New Hampshire politics, the 1960 presidential campaign, the General Services Administration, and the Office of Economic Opportunity.