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Congress's Own Think Tank - Learning from the Legacy of the Office of Technology Assessment (1972-1995) (Hardcover, New)
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Congress's Own Think Tank - Learning from the Legacy of the Office of Technology Assessment (1972-1995) (Hardcover, New)
Series: Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
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In 1972 the United States Congress established the Office of
Technology Assessment (OTA) as a small analytical agency to become
better informed about implications of new and emerging
technologies. OTA's principal products - technology assessments -
were designed to inform Congressional deliberations and debates
about issues that involved science and technology dimensions but
without recommending specific policy actions.
OTA's unique governance by a bicameral and bipartisan board of
House and Senate Members helped ensure that issues the agency
addressed were tightly aligned with the Congressional agenda and
that assessments were undertaken with partisan and other
stakeholder bias minimized. Over a span of 23 years OTA completed
755 reports on a wide range of topics including health, energy,
defense, space, information technology, environment, and many
others until Congress terminated the agency's annual appropriation
of funds to operate in 1995 as one of a series of budget austerity
measures. A number of organizations have sought to fill the gap
left in the wake of OTA's closure, but with mixed results to date.
Congress' Own Think Tank recaps the OTA experience - it's creation,
operation, and circumstances of its closure - and that of
organizations attempting to fill the gap since OTA's closure as
well as a number of new forces shaping the current context for
science and technology issues facing the Congress. All these
factors are important to consider in fashioning new or adapting
existing sources of science and technology advice for the Congress.
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