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020 $a9781137360892 (hardback)
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050 00 $aT174.5$b.B58 2013
082 00 $a338.973/0609045$223
100 1 $aBlair, Peter D.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aCongress's own think tank :$blearning from the legacy of the Office of Technology Assessment (1972-1995) /$cPeter D. Blair.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2013.
300 $axi, 128 pages ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aPalgrave pivot
490 1 $aScience, technology, and innovation policy
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 2 $a"In 1972 the United States Congress established the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) as a small analytical agency to become better informed about implications of new and emerging technologies. OTA's principal products--technology assessments--were designed to inform Congressional deliberations and debates about issues that involved science and technology dimensions but without recommending specific policy actions. OTA's unique governance by a bicameral and bipartisan board of House and Senate Members helped ensure that issues the agency addressed were tightly aligned with the Congressional agenda and that assessments were undertaken with partisan and other stakeholder bias minimized. Over a span of 23 years OTA completed 755 reports on a wide range of topics including health, energy, defense, space, information technology, environment, and many others until Congress terminated the agency's annual appropriation of funds to operate in 1995. A number of organizations have sought to fill the gap left in the wake of OTA's closure, but with mixed results to date. Congress' Own Think Tank recaps the OTA experience--its creation, operation, and circumstances of its closure--and that of organizations attempting to fill the gap since OTA's closure as well as a number of new forces shaping the current context for science and technology issues facing the Congress. All these factors are important to consider in fashioning new or adapting existing sources of science and technology advice for the Congress"--Provided by the publisher.
650 0 $aTechnology assessment$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCongress.$bOffice of Technology Assessment$xHistory.
650 0 $aTechnology and state$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
610 17 $aUnited States.$bCongress.$bOffice of Technology Assessment.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00529465
650 7 $aTechnology and state.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01145265
650 7 $aTechnology assessment.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01145279
651 7 $aUnited States.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204155
648 7 $a1900 - 1999$2fast
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
830 0 $aPalgrave pivot.
830 0 $aScience, technology, and innovation policy (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
852 00 $bleh$hT174.5$i.B58 2013