Review of the Office of Technology Assessment and Its Organic Act

Report

• Author(s): United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology,
• Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
• Pages: 211
• Language: en

Description:... Committee Serial UU. Summary, prepared by Genevieve J. Knezo et al., 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, p. 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).