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.

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Physical Description:

1 online resource

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ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1978

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)

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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

Publisher Number:

CRS-1978-SPR-0048

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