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	Office of Technology Assessment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) was an office of the United States Congress from 1972 to 1995.
		OTA provided Congressional members and committees with objective and authoritative analysis of the complex scientific and technical issues of the late 20th century.
		The 104th Congress withdrew funding for OTA and its full-time staff of 143 people, and the Office of Technology Assessment closed on 29 September 1995.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Office_of_Technology_Assessment (186 words)

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		A statement in writing to the Director of the Office of Technology Assessment or his designee by any such employee that he was not gainfully employed during such period or the portion thereof for which payment is claimed shall be accepted as prima facie evidence that he was not so employed.
		Office of Technology Assessment -STATUTE- (a) Creation In accordance with the findings and declaration of purpose in section 471 of this title, there is hereby created the Office of Technology Assessment (hereinafter referred to as the "Office") which shall be within and responsible to the legislative branch of the Government.
		Director of Office of Technology Assessment -STATUTE- (a) Appointment; term; compensation The Director of the Office of Technology Assessment shall be appointed by the Board and shall serve for a term of six years unless sooner removed by the Board.
	uscode.house.gov /download/pls/02C15.txt (2143 words)

	Information Policies: US -- Office of Technology Assessment
		The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) was created by the Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (2 U.S.C. 472) to serve the United States Congress by providing objective analyses of major public policy issues related to scientific and technological change.
		Requests for assessments may be made by the chairman of any congressional committee acting for himself or on behalf of a ranking minority member, or a majority of committee members; by the OTA Board; or by the OTA Director, in consultation with the Board.
		Office assessment teams work closely with congressional staff and support agencies to ensure that major committee concerns are addressed and to stay in touch with the published work and current activities of analysis and researchers in the Executive branch and throughout the public and private interest sectors.
	www.cni.org /docs/infopols/US.Office.Tech.Assess.html (537 words)

	US CODE: Title 2,472. Office of Technology Assessment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In accordance with the findings and declaration of purpose in section 471 of this title, there is hereby created the Office of Technology Assessment (hereinafter referred to as the “Office”) which shall be within and responsible to the legislative branch of the Government.
		The Office shall consist of a Technology Assessment Board (hereinafter referred to as the “Board”) which shall formulate and promulgate the policies of the Office, and a Director who shall carry out such policies and administer the operations of the Office.
		Assessments made by the Office, including information, surveys, studies, reports, and findings related thereto, shall be made available to the initiating committee or other appropriate committees of the Congress.
	www4.law.cornell.edu /uscode/2/472.html (410 words)

	Economic Impact of IPlants: Invasive Plants and the Nursery Industry
		The first was done in 1993 by the Office of Technology Assessment and was done as a part of their report entitled Harmful non-indigenous species in the United States.
		However, the total costs calculated by the OTA (1993) report is a “minimum benchmark” cost for the 85 years it covers; only 14% of all known harmful nonindigenous species were included in the calculation because estimates for the other species were unavailable.
		OTA (1993) also estimates that $100 million is spent annually to control aquatic weeds.
	www.brown.edu /Research/EnvStudies_Theses/full9900/mhall/IPlants/Economic_Impact.html (889 words)

	Requiem for an office \| thebulletin.org
		And at least until that happens, the death of OTA must be seen as a pivotal event in a narrative of increasing distrust of science among the American political right that flows directly into the raging controversy today over political abuse of science by the Bush administration.
		The office might have prepared an independent assessment of the number of available embryonic stem cell lines, for instance, so that Congress wouldn't have had to trust President Bush's woefully incorrect claim that "more than 60" such lines were in existence as of August 2001.
		OTA might also have helped set the record straight on the science of climate change--a task it could have accomplished in congressionally endorsed studies that would have been hard to ignore.
	www.thebulletin.org /article.php?art_ofn=so05mooney (4801 words)

	EOEA -Office of Technical Assistance for Toxics Use Reduction
		The Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) was established in 1990 as part of the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA).
		OTA is a non-regulatory office with in the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs that helps manufacturers and other toxic chemical users reduce or eliminate their use of toxics and generation of hazardous byproducts.
		OTA provides programs and services to help businesses cut costs, improve chemical use efficiency, and reduce environmental impact in Massachusetts, and are offered to all businesses that are toxics users in the Commonwealth at no cost.
	www.mass.gov /envir/ota (188 words)

	Maryland Nursing Technology Taskforce Tech Assessment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This brief paper defines healthcare technology and healthcare technology assessment; covers the four stages of technological development; describes the purposes of and components of healthcare technology assessment; and identifies further resources to learn about and implement a healthcare technology assessment.
		Technology is the application of science, especially to industrial or commercial objectives.Health care technology is the practical application of science in healthcare.
		Healthcare technology assessment is the comprehensive, scientifically based evaluation of the safety, efficacy/ effectiveness, cost and social impact of drugs, devices, procedures and systems used in healthcare.
	maryland.nursetech.com /TechAssessment.aspx (869 words)

	The New Atlantis - A Journal of Technology and Society
		In short, the academic version of technology assessment was (and to the extent it still lingers on, remains) an unruly discipline—one with few disciples but armies of prophets, each with his own interpretation of what technology assessment meant.
		The OTA report concluded that the upgrade was sound, but that not enough thought had gone into how the computers would be used: “a tighter connection needs to be made between the technology and the expected improvements in service delivery.” Working from options OTA presented, Congress saved several hundred million dollars.
		Since OTA was terminated, members of Congress have had to rely on other sources of information for their science and technology advice, sources that long existed alongside OTA rather instead of it.
	www.thenewatlantis.com /archive/7/keiper.htm (10658 words)

	The OTA Legacy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Congressional Office of Technology Assessment closed on September 29, 1995.
		During its 23-year history, OTA provided Congressional members and committees with objective and authoritative analysis of the complex scientific and technical issues of the late 20th century.
		The complete set of OTA publications is also available on a set of CD-ROMs to be published in April 1996 by the Government Printing Office.
	www.wws.princeton.edu /ota (149 words)

	Office of Technology Assessment
		The Office of Technology Assessment (TAB) at the German Bundestag was created in 1990 with the objective of improving the information base of research- and technology-related advice and decision processes in the German Bundestag.
		The TAB is operated by the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) at the Karlsruhe Research Centre within the Helmholtz Association of National Research Centres.
		The tasks tackled by the TAB primarily concern the design and implementation of technology assessment (TA) projects and the monitoring and analysis of important scientific and technology trends and their associated social developments.
	www.isi.fhg.de /il/e_tab.htm (136 words)

	Reassessing the Office of Technology
		OTA reports may be requested by (1) the TAB, (2) the Director (in consultation with the TAB), or (3) a congressional committee.8 The TAB decides whether OTA may proceed with the requested assess- ment.
		Proposals are reviewed by an OTA project screening committee, which considers congressional interest in the proposed study area, anticipated use of the completed assessment, staffing and contracting requirements, parties with significant interests in the questions to be analyzed (stakeholders), and the possible composition of the project's advisory panel.
		Continued scrutiny of the office by Congressmen and by concerned citizens' groups is necessary, and along with judicious reform of OTA procedures, it may be sufficient to prevent future controversy.
	www.heritage.org /Research/GovernmentReform/IA32.cfm (4086 words)

	It's Time to Reinstate the Office of Technology Assessment
		The OTA from 1972 to 1995 provided Congress and the public with critical analyses and reports of the difficult issues interfacing science, technology, and society before Congress.
		OTA had to tackle subjects that were very controversial, especially in corporate lobbying circles.
		OTA, under the leadership of physicist Jack Gibbons, became such a trusted and professional organization that representatives from some 25 countries visited the agency to learn from its example in 1983 alone.
	www.commondreams.org /cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/views06/0427-28.htm (655 words)

	Pessimistic Outlook for Office of Technology Assessment
		On May 26, Mack held a hearing on OTA and the General Accounting Office (GAO), and he gave little indication that he is straying from Republican plans to eliminate this congressional support agency.
		The Office of Technology Assessment has a $22 million budget, a fraction of the current $2.4 billion legislative branch appropriation.
		OTA reports are substantially different from that done by GAO, the Congressional Research Service, Congress and the Executive Branch, or other interests.
	www.aip.org /enews/fyi/1995/fyi95.074.htm (498 words)

	Office of Curriculum, Technology, & Assessment - SD Department of Education
		Office of Curriculum, Technology, and Assessment - SD Department of Education
		Educators must determine how technology can and should be used to help provide the rich learning environments and experiences that are demanded by the expectations in this document and what district technology decisions should be made to meet those demands.
		This format is provided as a framework for school districts to use as they study and implement the state standards, design local district and classroom assessments, and align curriculum materials, resources, and technology to the standards.
	doe.sd.gov /contentstandards/science/techguide/index.asp (658 words)

	Tech Tidbit -- September 10, 2001
		The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), created by the U.S. Congress in 1972, was the first government body exclusively devoted to conducting studies for and providing advice to a legislature on the impacts of technology on society.
		The new Republican leadership felt that OTA did not serve their purposes and, in a partisan decision thinly disguised as an economy move, eliminated funding for the agency and forced it to close its doors.
		POST is an office of the two Houses of Parliament (Commons and Lords), charged with providing balanced and objective analysis of science and technology based issues of relevance to Parliament.
	www.alteich.com /tidbits/t091001.htm (1013 words)

	Office of Technology Assessment Survives First Vote
		The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) is still alive following very contentious action on the House floor last week.
		OTA funding is contained in the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill, which totals $1.7 billion in the House version of this legislation.
		Having said that, it is also true that many Members, most especially Members on this side of the aisle who had supported the Houghton language earlier, felt that their victory had been snatched from them." House leaders agreed to vacate the contested vote from the night before.
	www.aip.org /fyi/1995/fyi95.088.htm (549 words)

	Congressional Technology Assessment -- IEEE-USA Priority Issue for the 107th Congress(2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		IEEE-USA seeks the passage of legislation that would improve the technology assessment resources available to Congress as an aid to assist the understanding of complex technological issues and enhance public policy decision-making.
		Technology Assessment for the New Century, by David Guston and Bruce Bimber (Rutgers University, 2001).
		Technology Assessment in the War on Terrorism and Homeland Security: The Role of OTA, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, U.S. Senate (Senate Report 107-61, April 2002).
	www.ieeeusa.org /forum/issues/technologyassessment (532 words)

	National Science Foundation Receives 9% Boost From House Appropriations Subcommittee
		Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ) has introduced legislation in the House of Representatives to revive the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), an arm of the U.S. Congress that provided comprehensive assessments of a wide range of scientific and technical issues from 1972 to 1995.
		During operation, OTA supplied Congress with background papers, briefings and testimony, but is best known for its in-depth, objective reports of complex scientific and technical issues.
		OTA’s Environment Program addressed areas including environmental health and risk management, the use of renewable resources, and pollution prevention, control and remediation.
	cnie.org /Updates/106.htm (262 words)

	OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
		OTA admits that these costs are impossible to quantify.
		Failure to evaluate technology was a focus of a 1978 report from OTA with examples of many common medical practices supported by limited published data.
		The OTA concluded that, "There are no mechanisms in place to limit dissemination of technologies regardless of their clinical value."
	www.life-enthusiast.com /company/medicine_record_3.htm (1667 words)

	Office of Technology Assessment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) closed its doors September 29, 1995.
		The 104th Congress voted to withdraw funding for OTA and its full-time staff of 143 persons, and cover only a skeleton staff and the amount needed for the agency's final closeout.
		OTA reports and background papers will be available for study at the University of Maryland (College Park), George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., and the University of California-Santa Barbara.
	www.access.gpo.gov /ota (443 words)

	May 9, 2002 - Office of Technology Assessment
		The ASM believes that reestablishment of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) would assist Congress with the pressing need to assess technological and scientific issues, such as stem cell research, cloning, genetically modified foods, molecular medicine, missile defense systems, educational testing, energy, terrorism and homeland defense, that influence public policy.
		Moreover, ASM members have for several decades participated in discussions concerning science and technology policy, and most recently have been consulted on bioterrorism by federal agencies and Congress.
		Nevertheless, the ASM would expect a revived OTA to also be revised to correct for past limitations.
	www.asm.org /Policy/index.asp?bid=3981 (349 words)

	Technology Assessment Documents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		For example, I have found Technology Assessment and Transfer, Inc. (www.techassess.com) (optional) to be a wonderful source of information about rapid prototyping and some other technologies.
		Yet their name is misleading because they are apparently not in the business of performing technology assessments that analyze outcomes of alternative policy decisions to aid decision makers in their technological choices.
		But because the word "technology" is used so often to refer to computers, and because educators use "assessment" to refer to tests, Bellingham seems to be using these two words appropriately even though they are clearly not attempting a formal "technology assessment" as stipulated in the definitions at the beginning of this lesson.
	www.bsu.edu /classes/flowers2/rlo/tadocs.htm (1197 words)

	The Office of Technology Assessment at the German Parliament - TAB (short information)
		The Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag (Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag, TAB) was created in 1990 with the objective of improving the information base for the deliberations and the decision-making processes of the German Bundestag relating to research and technology.
		Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) at the Karlsruhe Research Centre and is an organisational unit of ITAS.
		The political control organ is the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment, which decides on the initiation of TA projects.
	www.tab.fzk.de /en/kurzinfo.htm (449 words)

	Office of Technology Assessment, Of Tech: Water-Related Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture in Arid/Semiarid ...
		This report complements the forthcoming OTA assessment on water and agriculture in U.S. arid/semiarid lands.
		The global significance of agricultural research and development on arid/semiarid lands is underscored by the fact that as much as 20 percent of the Earth's surface is arid and semiarid, containing nearly 16 percent of the world's population.
		OTA wishes to thank and acknowledge the Water and Arid/Semiarid Agriculture Advisory Panel and other contributors noted in the footnotes to this document who provided helpful materials and reviews to theOTA staff.
	www.forbesbookclub.com /bookpage.asp?prod_cd=IRR4L (363 words)

	Office of Technology Assessment, Of Tech; Congress of the United States, Of The Un: Green Products by Design: Choices ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Office of Technology Assessment, Of Tech; Congress of the United States, Of The Un
		This study, requested by the House Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and on Energy and Commerce, builds on previous OTA work dealing with U.S. hazardous waste and municipal solid waste policy.
		OTA appreciates the assistance provided by its contractors and the advisory panel, as well as the many reviewers whose comments helped to ensure the accuracy of the report.
	www.forbesbookclub.com /bookpage.asp?prod_cd=ITZO8 (410 words)

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