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Annual Report to the Congress for Fiscal Year 1995

Description: This report includes statements from the TAAC chairman and director’s statement. The report includes the industry, commerce, international security division, as well as health, education and environment division.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Caregivers of patients with dementia: final report

Description: This report discuses caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's Disease or another dementing illness, based on a mail survey carried out between November 26, 1986 and January 28, 1986. The report presents the study purpose, study scope and method and a description of the sample obtained.
Date: unknown
Creator: Yankelovich, Skelly
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Demographic Trends and the Scientific and Engineering Workforce

Description: A technical memorandum by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "explores the effect that changes in the size and composition of the U.S. population may have on the science and engineering work force" (p. iii).
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Fusion Energy Program: The Role of TPX and Alternate Concepts

Description: This report focuses on the following two questions for the U.S. fusion energy program. First, what is the role of the Tokamak Physics Experiment (TPX), an approximately $700 million fusion reactor currently awaiting a congressional decision to begin construction? Second, what is the role of alternatives to the tokamak concept in a broad-based fusion energy program?
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Increased Automobile Fuel Efficiency and Synthetic Fuels: Alternatives for Reducing Oil Imports.

Description: The objective of this report is to describe and analyze the hydrologic, institutional, legal, and economic issues involved in assessing and interpreting estimates of water availability for synfuels development in four major river basins: (1) Upper Mississippi, (2) Ohio/Tennessee, (3) Upper Missouri, and (4) Upper Colorado. In addition, the study evaluates the adequacy of currently used estimates of water availability as a basis for energy planning in these four basins.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear Proliferation and Safeguards: Appendix Volume II, Part One

Description: This report is divided into two parts. The 1st part discusses incentives/disincentives, peaceful nuclear explosions, non-state adversaries, international nuclear industry, technical descriptions of fuel cycle facilities and evaluation of diversion potential. The 2nd part discuses dedicated facilities purchase and theft, and description of safeguards technology and procedures.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, April 1 - June 30, 1983

Description: Report from the Office of Technology Assessment to the Technology Assessment Board covering Congressional use of OTA's work, OTA's communication with Congress, external publications by OTA, and visits to OTA from external groups.
Date: unknown
Creator: Office of Technology Assessment
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Requirements for Fulfilling a National Materials Policy

Description: Report from a conference focused on finding a "consensus on main themes of materials policy, and to focus national attention on the need for a strong, effective national network of materials information systems" (p. 1).
Date: {1974-08-11,1974-08-16}
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Natural Gas Availability: Gas Supply Through the Year 2000

Description: A study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that examines natural gas availability until the year 2000 in the lower 48 United States.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Annual Report to the Congress by the Office of Technology Assessment: March 15, 1974

Description: This report is intended to provide the Congress with information on the steps taken thus far by the Office of Technology Assessment, as well as general background information on the development of the Technology Assessment Act.
Date: March 1974
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Drug Bioequivalence

Description: Report of the findings from a panel of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) regarding drug bioequivalence therapies. According to the report, the purpose of the Drug Bioequivalence Study Panel "was to examine the relationships between the chemical and therapeutic equivalence of drug products and to assess the capability of current technology -- short of therapeutic trials in man -- to determine whether drug products with the same physical and chemical composition produce comparable therap… more
Date: July 1974
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment. Drug Bioequivalence Study Panel.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Automobile Collision Data: An Assessment of Needs and Methods of Acquisition

Description: A report on evaluation of the automotive crash recorder program proposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). As the assessment progressed, the implications for automobile collision data as a “whole became apparent and the report has been so titled to provide a more accurate indication of its scope.
Date: February 17, 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Automated Guideway Transit: An Assessment of PRT and Other New Systems

Description: A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) assessing the Automated Guideway Transit Systems, with both detailed findings and summaries.
Date: June 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oil Transportation by Tankers: An Analysis of Marine Pollution and Safety Measures

Description: A report prepared by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) presenting "a factual background on tankers and a discussion of issues related to the safety of tanker operation and the potential presented by tankers for introducing polluting oil into the marine environment" (p. xv). The report investigates broad issues and suggests possible alternatives.
Date: July 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Financial Viability of Conrail

Description: A review prepared by the the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) based on the Final System Plan of the Consolidated Rail Corporation (ConRail) of 1974. It "examines "the critical assumptions affecting ConRail's financial viability using background data developed by USRA, the views of the key parties and independent analysis" (p.1).
Date: September 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Review of Alternative Approaches to Federal Funding of Rail Rehabilitation

Description: A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that is part of a plan to restructure the railroads of the Northeast. It "provides a conceptual framework for the evaluation of alternative approaches to federal assistance for the rehabilitation of the nation's railroad fixed plant" (p. xiv).
Date: September 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Energy, The Economy, and Mass Transit

Description: A report on a study conducted by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) on current economic and energy conditions. The report "summarizes a number of findings regarding recent trends in the transit industry, the effects of current economic and energy conditions on the use of transit, and the relative merits of adopting alternative transportation strategies to increase transit use and achieve energy conservation objectives" (p. 1).
Date: October 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Analysis of the Impacts of the Projected Natural Gas Curtailments for the Winter 1975-76

Description: A report prepared by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) analyzing the potential impacts of the expected natural gas shortage of the winter of 1975-76. The study's objectives are to "determine the extent to which these projected curtailments reflect the actual situation and what the impacts and potential danger points might be as a result of the natural gas shortage" (p. ix).
Date: November 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Review of National Railroad Issues

Description: The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) prepared a report that studies how to handle the remaining bankrupt railroads after the creation of Conrail. It examines the current financial states of railroads, and possible ways to address the problem.
Date: December 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit, Volume 2: Atlanta Case Study

Description: This report, based on a study directed by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) is one of nine case studies intended to assess community planning of mass transit. It "attempts to identify the factors that help communities, facing critical technological choices, make wise decisions that are consistent with local and national goals for transit" (pg. vii).
Date: February 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit, Volume 3: Boston Case Study

Description: One of nine studies done by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) assessing community planning for mass transit. The report identifies "the factors that help communities, facing critical technological choices, make wise decisions that are consistent with local and national goals for transit" (vii).
Date: February 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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