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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF18-005
This folder contains material pertaining to a news story about confidential license plate numbers for government vehicles, including copies of relevant General Services Administration regulations (1958-1962).
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF18-004
This folder contains news clippings and articles about pertaining to the demolition of temporary federal office buildings on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF18-003
This folder contains news clippings and articles about public government buildings. Topics include updates on proposed building projects and critiques of architectural style.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF18-002
This folder contains copies of speeches by Bernard L. Boutin, Administrator of the General Services Administration. It also includes a letter to Boutin from President Kennedy regarding Lafayette Square.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF18-001
This folder contains press releases issued by the Office of Information at the General Services Administration containing the text of remarks made by Administrator Bernard L. Boutin. Also included are other copies of Boutin's speeches.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF17-007
This folder contains a copy of a presidential memorandum and an excerpt from the Federal Register, both pertaining to the establishment of the National Communications System.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF17-006
This folder contains material pertaining to the Federal Telecommunications System (FTS), a network of communication services for federal agencies. Items include a staff report by the General Services Administration (GSA) to the Bureau of the Budget on the proposed FTS; letters of intent to AT&T for Phases I and II of the project; GSA policy circulars; letters to heads of federal agencies; an article by Representative Jack Brooks on the FTS, reprinted from Public Utilities Fortnightly; a GSA report titled "Study of a Federal Telecommunications System for Civil Agencies"; a statement by Robert F. Mundy to the U.S. House Government Activities Subcommittee on "Communications and a Decentralized Federal Government"; and documents concerning the role of the FTS in emergency planning activities.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF17-005
This folder contains material pertaining to national transportation policy, likely from the files of Robert B. Conrad, Commissioner of the Transportation and Communications Service. Topics include President Kennedy's message on the nation's transportation system; analysis by the General Services Administration of national transportation policy recommendations made by the Department of Commerce; and H.R. 4701, a bill to strengthen and improve the national transportation system.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF17-004
This folder contains material pertaining to the Cargo Preference Act and the Inter-Agency Committee on Cargo Preference, likely from the files of Robert B. Conrad and Malcolm D. Miller of the Transportation and Communications Service. Items include a report titled "Free-World Shipping in the Cuban Trade" by the U.S. Maritime Administration; a booklet titled "The Carrier's Role in Export Control" by the U.S. Department of Commerce (March 1957); a presentation by the American Maritime Association regarding emergency planning and the oil import program; and a list of "Tankers and Owners in Communist Oil Export Trade as of March 29, 1962."
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF17-003
This folder contains material pertaining to the Cargo Preference Act and the Inter-Agency Committee on Cargo Preference, likely from the files of Robert B. Conrad and Malcolm D. Miller of the Transportation and Communications Service. Items include a report by the U.S. Maritime Administration titled "An Analysis of the Ships Under Effective U.S. Control and Their Employment in U.S. Foreign Trade During 1960," and copies of statements by Earl J. Smith, Marvin J. Coles, J. Max Harrison, J. M. Calhoon, and Paul Hall before the Maritime Evaluation Committee. Note that the file also contains some reference material and data dating back to 1955.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF17-002
This folder contains material pertaining to the establishment of the National Communications System.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF17-001
This folder contains material pertaining to the National Communications System from the files of Robert B. Conrad, Commissioner of the Transportation and Communications Service. It also includes some information related to the Federal Telecommunications System. Types of items include drafts, notes, memoranda, and copies of related legislation.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF16-006
This folder contains material pertaining to the transfer of administrative responsibilities for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library from the Department of the Interior (National Park Service) to the General Services Administration as part of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1963.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF16-005
This folder contains material pertaining to feedback provided by the General Services Administration on proposed Executive Orders.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF16-004
This folder contains material pertaining to General Services Administration recommendations on proposed reorganization plans for the federal government.
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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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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF16-002
This folder contains material pertaining to H.R. 11899, an act to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to provide for a Federal telecommunications fund. Types of items include correspondence, drafts, copies of the bill, and Congressional reports on the legislation.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF16-001
This folder contains material pertaining to H.R. 11040, the Communications Satellite Act of 1962. The majority of the file is copies of various versions of the bill and its amendments, as well as Congressional reports on the legislation.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-018
This folder contains memoranda and reports pertaining to the establishment of the National Communications System.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-017
This folder contains memoranda and correspondence pertaining to the architectural design of federal buildings.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-016
This folder contains a memorandum and a copy of an Executive Order pertaining to the Food-for-Peace program.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-015
This folder contains material pertaining to Executive Orders on emergency preparedness and civil defense.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-014
This folder contains a legal memorandum from the Justice Department regarding prevailing wages in government contracts for janitorial services.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-013
This folder contains one letter pertaining to the National Capital Region Open-Space Project to preserve and manage open land in the metropolitan region around Washington, D.C.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-012
This folder contains correspondence pertaining to the disposition of surplus government property at Fort Funston in San Francisco, California. It includes a letter from Governor Edmund G. Brown advocating for the land to be used for parks and outdoor recreation.