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- Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, October 1 - December 31, 1989
- This quarterly report includes formal assessments, technical memoranda, background papers, testimony, staff papers, and administrative documents for the Technology Assessment Board.
- Resource Analysis FY93
- This is an OTA resource analysis report.
- OTA Senior Management Retreat
- This document describes the activities at the OTA Senior Management Retreat in Rockwood Manor, Maryland, which was held from November 16-17, 1992.
- Personnel Service Manual
- This is a personnel services manual, which includes areas of responsibility and services provided.
- Catalogue of OTA Publications
- Listings of publications by subject from the Office of Technology Assessment, with some contextual information about the organization and ongoing work.
- Annual Report to the Congress: January 1 to September 30, 1983
- This report offers statements by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board, TAAC Chairman, and the Director of OTA. It also discusses OTAs work in progress, organization and operations.
- OTA Priorities 1979, With Brief Descriptions of Priorities and of Assessments in Progress
- This report describes the first priorities list developed by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) as a result of a new and ongoing process for selecting possible projects for study.
- Annual Report to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1984
- This report includes statements by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the board, TAAC Chairman, and the director of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). The report discusses the year in review regarding the work in progress, organization and operations of OTA.
- Annual Report to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1985
- This report includes statements by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the board, TAAC Chairman, and the director of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). The report discusses the year in review regarding the work in progress, organization and operations of OTA.
- Annual Report to the Congress by the Office of Technology Assessment: March 15, 1977
- This report includes statements by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the board, TAAC Chairman, and the director of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). The report discusses the year in review regarding the work in progress, organization and operations of OTA.
- Annual Report to the Congress for 1977
- This report describes these projects in detail: the spread of nuclear materials and weapons-making capability, cancer-testing technology and saccharin, the implications of the Carter Administration’s National Energy Plan, the trade-offs between individual rights and massive computerization of the Nation’s tax information system, ways to spur research on increasing the supply of food, the prospects of solar technology.
- Annual Report to the Congress for 1978
- This report includes statements by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the board, TAAC Chairman, and the director of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). The report discusses many changes that have taken place at OTA during 1978: new quarters, new management, new organizational structure, a new method of establishing project priorities, a new ONE-PAGER digest of each report issued, greater outreach.
- Annual Report to the Congress for 1979
- This report includes statements by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the board, TAAC Chairman, and the director of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). The report discusses the year in review regarding the work in progress, organization and operations of OTA.
- Annual Report to the Congress for 1980
- This report includes statements by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the board, TAAC Chairman, and the director of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). The report discusses the year in review regarding the work in progress, organization and operations of OTA.
- Annual Report to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1991
- This report describes the activities of the Office in Fiscal Year 1991 within the context of the legislative agenda of the 101st Congress and the events in the United States and the world during 1991.
- Assessment of Oil Shale Technologies—Vol. II: A History and Analysis of the Federal Prototype Oil Shale Leasing Program
- The report includes discussions of political, economic, environmental, and energy-related factors that affected both the 1968 leasing attempt and its successor—the current Prototype Program. The Program’s goals are identified, and its progress and status are examined to determine if those goals have been met or are likely to be met in the foreseeable future.
- Technology Assessment of Changes in the Future Use and Characteristics of the Automobile Transportation System—Volume III: Public Participation
- This report—volume III—presents the findings of a nationwide public participation effort conducted in 1978 in conjunction with the assessment. The intent of the public participation program was twofold: to solicit commentary on the issues, alternatives for personal transportation, and Federal Government policy options; and to facilitate the public’s participation in OTA’s technology assessment process.
- Technology Assessment of Changes in the Future Use and Characteristics of the Automobile Transportation System—Volume I: Summary and Findings
- This report analyzes the restraints of energy supply, environmental impacts, highway safety, and consumer cost on the further development of the automobile transportation system. It discusses Government initiatives that may be necessary to assure such further development.
- Nuclear Proliferation and Safeguards: Appendix Volume II, Part One
- 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.
- Nuclear Proliferation and Safeguards: Appendix Volume II, Part Two
- The focus of this report is the construction of nuclear power plants abroad, especially the problem of assuring that none of the plutonium produced in these plants is diverted for use in weapons.
- Annual Report to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1995
- This report includes statements by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the board, TAAC Chairman, and the director of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). The report discusses the year in review regarding the work in progress, organization and operations of OTA.
- Screening and Testing Chemicals in Commerce
- This paper comes from a workshop held by OTA in April 1995. The report reviews some of the many test technologies and techniques available for screening chemicals-in-commerce for toxicity.
- Current Status of Federal Involvement in U.S. Aquaculture
- The purpose of this paper is to provide information on technology issues of immediate importance to the U.S. aquaculture industry.
- Selected Technology Issues in U.S. Aquaculture
- This report discusses different aquatic species that are produced in the United States, including various animal and plant ornamentals, species for environmental remediation, industrial and pharmaceutical feedstocks, and products for biomedical research.
- The Effectiveness of AIDS Prevention Efforts
- The report discusses trends in numbers of AIDS cases, approaches to AIDS prevention--changing behavior, efforts designed for the American people as a whole, and preventing AIDS among different groups.
- Impact of Health Reform on Rural Areas: Lessons From the States
- This paper examines: 1) the effects of insurance market reforms--measures intended to make the market more equitable, or to make health care more affordable to those without insurance 2) the effects of reforms aimed at the health care delivery system.
- The Effectiveness of Research and Experimentation Tax Credits
- This report assesses how well the research and experimentation R&E tax credit is currently understood, identifies inadequacies in the existing data and analyses, investigates implementation issues, considers the tax credit in the context of corporate R&D trends and Federal R&D policy more broadly, draws appropriate international comparisons, and specifies important avenues for further research.
- Office of Technology Assessment Vertical File by File Number
- This document presents different types of OTA publications by file number.
- Technology and Aging in America
- A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "discusses five chronic conditions that severely affect older persons-osteoarthritis, dementia, osteoporosis, hearing impairments, and urinary incontinence" (p. iii).
- Technology, Public Policy, and the Changing Structure of American Agriculture: A Special Report for the 1985 Farm Bill
- Results of a study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that analyzes "relationships between emerging agricultural technologies, public policy, and structural change in the farm sector" (p. iii).
- Health Technology Case Study 35: The Effectiveness and Costs of Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD)
- A case study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) over continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) as a treatment for end-stage renal disease (p. 3).
- U.S. Natural Gas Availability: Gas Supply Through the Year 2000
- A study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that examines natural gas availability until the year 2000 in the lower 48 United States.
- U.S.-Soviet Cooperation in Space
- A technical memorandum by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) intended to help broadly implement Public Law 98-562, which support a renewing of cooperation in space with the U.S.S.R.
- Alternatives to Animal Use in Research, Testing, and Education
- An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "analyzes the scientific, regulatory, economic, legal, and ethical considerations involved in alternative technologies in biomedical and behavioral research, toxicity testing, and education" (p. iii).
- Assessing Biological Diversity in the United States: Data Considerations: Background Paper 2
- A background paper by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "outlines how data can be used in maintaining biological diversity: describes primarily the Federal institutions that collect biological data; provides an overview of existing Federal biological databases; discusses technical aspects of collecting, storing, and retrieving biological data; and suggests ways to improve biological databases so that they can be better used to help maintain diversity of this Nation's plant and animal life" (Preface).
- Children's Mental Health: Problems and Services: Background Paper
- A background paper by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) over the mental health problems of children and adolescents and the need for appropriateness of mental health services.
- New Electric Power Technologies: Problems and Prospects for the 1990s
- A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that analyzes "a range of new electric power generating, storage, and load management technologies" (p. iii).
- Oil and Gas Technologies for the Arctic and Deepwater
- A study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "explores the range of technologies required for exploration and development of offshore energy resources and assesses associated economic factors and financial risks" (p. iii).
- Preventing Illness and Injury in the Workplace
- A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "examines three main topics: identification of occupational hazards, including the available data on injuries and illnesses; development of control technologies for reducing or eliminating workplace hazards; and the incentives and imperatives that influence decisions to control hazards" (p. iii).
- Research and Development in the Maritime Industry: A Supplement to an Assessment of Maritime Trade and Technology
- An analysis by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that evaluates "long-term trends in global seaborne trade and maritime technology in relation to the U.S. maritime industry" (p. 3).
- Reproductive Health Hazards in the Workplace
- A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "reviews current knowledge of hazards and suspected hazards to the reproductive health of American's working men and women and to the health and well-being of their children" (Foreword).
- Reproductive Health Hazards in the Workplace: Selected Aspects of Reproductive Health Hazards Regulations
- A staff paper by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) assessing the workplace reproductive health hazards regulations.
- Innovative Biological Technologies for Lesser Developed Countries
- Papers from a workshop hosted by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that was dedicated to innovative biological technologies that could be used "to help lesser developed countries (LDCs) enhance the productivity of their soils, reduce their need for costly chemical fertilizers, and increase food supplies" (p. iii).
- International Cooperation and Competition in Civilian Space Activities
- The findings of an assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) on "international cooperation and competition in civilian space activities" (p. iii).
- Managing the Nation's Commercial High-Level Radioactive Waste
- A study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) focusing on "all aspects of high-level waste disposal" (p. iii).
- Medical Devices and the Veterans Administration: A Technical Memorandum
- An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of the "activities of the Veterans Administration (VA) regarding device development and procurement," specifically of medical devices (p. iii).
- Medicare's Prospective Payment System: Strategies for Evaluating Cost, Quality, and Medical Technology
- A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "arrays the possible effects of PPS (prospective payment system) on the health care system and assesses the extent to which these effects can be measured" (p. iii)
- Review of the Public Health Service's Response to AIDS
- A review by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of "the recent and proposed activities of the Public Health Service (PHS) in response to AIDS" and an evaluation of "the planning, resources and staffing of PHS's efforts to control AIDS" (p. iii).
- Status of Biomedical Research and Related Technology for Tropical Diseases
- A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) examining the "status of biomedical research and technologies for controlling tropical diseases" (p. iii).
- Strategic Materials: Technologies to Reduce U.S. Import Vulnerability
- A study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "assesses the technical alternatives to continued reliance on southern Africa and the U.S.S.R. for strategic metals" (p. iii).