Review of the Office of Technology Assessment and Its Organic Act: ReportU.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - 211 pages 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). |
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