Introduction

Peter D. Blair

Chapter 1 in Congress’s Own Think Tank: Learning from the Legacy of the Office of Technology Assessment (1972–1995), 2013, pp 1-10 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The complex impacts of technology development on society present a unique challenge of how to help the U.S. Congress understand and cope with the implications of technology change in ways that are closely aligned with congressional needs and directly responsive and accountable to Congress. 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 ceased operations in 1995, but many researchers and congressional observers assert today that creating a new mechanism or adapting an existing one originally designed for different purposes is needed to fill the void left by OTA’s closure. The OTA history is an important case study in considering future such efforts.

Keywords: Technology Assessment; Military Spending; General Account Office; Complex Impact; Government Accountability Office (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137359056_1

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