Review of the Office of Technology Assessment and Its Organic Act.

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Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology.

United States.

Bibliography.

Information services.

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1 online resource (210 pages) : digital, PDF file

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1978.

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Summary:

Appendices (pages 119-211) include analysis of responses to subcom staff survey on congressional use of OTA technology assessments (pages 121-176), and selected bibliography (pages 188-204).

Committee Serial UU. Summary, prepared by Genevieve J. Knezo and others, CRS, of Subcom on Science, Research and Technology 1977-78 hearings and studies relating to Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) implementation of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (text, pages 205-211). Examines: OTA performance in providing information to Congress on implications of technological applications; the concept of technology assessment; OTA organizational structure and relationships with comparable Federal agencies; and previous related congressional reviews, 1976-77. Includes findings and conclusions (p. 101-118).

Notes:

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Review of the Office of Technology Assessment and Its Organic Act. 78-H702-39

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