Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Collection: Office of Technology Assessmenthttps://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/OTA/browse/?fq=dc_type:text_report&sort=date_d&fq=untl_institution:UNTGD&start=102011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing UNT Digital Library Collection: Office of Technology AssessmentDoes Vocational Education Help the "Forgotten Half"?: Short-term Economic Consequences of High School Vocational Education for Non-College Students2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39824/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39824/"><img alt="Does Vocational Education Help the "Forgotten Half"?: Short-term Economic Consequences of High School Vocational Education for Non-College Students" title="Does Vocational Education Help the "Forgotten Half"?: Short-term Economic Consequences of High School Vocational Education for Non-College Students" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39824/small/"/></a></p><p>This background paper uses very recent data to address that question for individuals just one year out of high school. The paper also presents data on the types of occupations that these young people engage in, and rough statistical correlations between those occupations and types of high-school-level vocational coursework.</p>Education and Technology: Future Visions2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39786/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39786/"><img alt="Education and Technology: Future Visions" title="Education and Technology: Future Visions" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39786/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper summarizes the workshop discussion and contains the commissioned papers in their entirety. In June 1995, the contractors and a number of other prominent educators were invited to OTA for an all-day workshop to discuss these papers and the issues more broadly.</p>The Effectiveness of AIDS Prevention Efforts2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39820/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39820/"><img alt="The Effectiveness of AIDS Prevention Efforts" title="The Effectiveness of AIDS Prevention Efforts" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39820/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>The Effectiveness of Research and Experimentation Tax Credits2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39822/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39822/"><img alt="The Effectiveness of Research and Experimentation Tax Credits" title="The Effectiveness of Research and Experimentation Tax Credits" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39822/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Environmental Monitoring for Nuclear Safeguards2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39782/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39782/"><img alt="Environmental Monitoring for Nuclear Safeguards" title="Environmental Monitoring for Nuclear Safeguards" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39782/small/"/></a></p><p>This report discusses the traditional mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s traditional mission, that is to detect the misuse of known nuclear materials and facilities addressed only part—and probably not the most important part—of the proliferation problem.</p>Environmental Policy Tools: A User's Guide2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39781/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39781/"><img alt="Environmental Policy Tools: A User's Guide" title="Environmental Policy Tools: A User's Guide" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39781/small/"/></a></p><p>This report describes 12 policy tools, and how and where they are currently used. This “user’s guide” presents a framework to help decision-makers narrow down the choice of instruments for addressing a particular problem.</p>Federal Technology Transfer and the Human Genome Project2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39790/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39790/"><img alt="Federal Technology Transfer and the Human Genome Project" title="Federal Technology Transfer and the Human Genome Project" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39790/small/"/></a></p><p>This report analyzes universities’, companies’, and researchers’ experiences and perspectives since enactment of federal laws to enhance technology transfer—especially as it pertains to research funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Energy, the agencies funding U.S. efforts in the Human Genome Project.</p>Fish Passage Technologies: Protection at Hydropower Facilities2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39783/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39783/"><img alt="Fish Passage Technologies: Protection at Hydropower Facilities" title="Fish Passage Technologies: Protection at Hydropower Facilities" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39783/small/"/></a></p><p>This report describes technologies for fish passage, and those for protection against turbine entrainment and mortality, with an emphasis on FERC-licensed hydropower projects.</p>Flat Panel Displays in Perspective2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39784/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39784/"><img alt="Flat Panel Displays in Perspective" title="Flat Panel Displays in Perspective" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39784/small/"/></a></p><p>This report addresses two issues. First, is the lack of a high-volume domestic FPD industry a cause for national concern? Why might having such an industry be important for the good of the nation? Second, if the government wishes to foster such an industry, what policies might be most effective?</p>Foreign Eligibility for U.S. Technology Funding2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39785/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39785/"><img alt="Foreign Eligibility for U.S. Technology Funding" title="Foreign Eligibility for U.S. Technology Funding" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39785/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper addresses the question: What eligibility conditions should affiliates of foreign firms be required to meet before receiving financial assistance from the U.S. government?</p>Gauging Control Technology and Regulatory Impacts in Occupational Safety and Health: An Appraisal of OSHA's Analytic Approach2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39795/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39795/"><img alt="Gauging Control Technology and Regulatory Impacts in Occupational Safety and Health: An Appraisal of OSHA's Analytic Approach" title="Gauging Control Technology and Regulatory Impacts in Occupational Safety and Health: An Appraisal of OSHA's Analytic Approach" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39795/small/"/></a></p><p>This report reviews the roles that analyses of control technology and regulatory impacts play in OSHA’s standard setting process, and evaluates the various methods and resources on which the agency draws in conducting these efforts. In addition, based on findings from close examinations of a number of OSHA’s past rule-makings, the report provides a critical appraisal of how well these analyses seem to be helping the agency achieve its basic occupational safety and health mission.</p>Global Communications: Opportunities for Trade and Aid2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39799/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39799/"><img alt="Global Communications: Opportunities for Trade and Aid" title="Global Communications: Opportunities for Trade and Aid" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39799/small/"/></a></p><p>This report examines the question of how telecommunication related aid policies might be designed to support both United States trade and foreign aid goals.</p>Impact of Health Reform on Rural Areas: Lessons From the States2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39821/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39821/"><img alt="Impact of Health Reform on Rural Areas: Lessons From the States" title="Impact of Health Reform on Rural Areas: Lessons From the States" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39821/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Impacts of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: Thanks to penicillin-- He will come home!2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39767/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39767/"><img alt="Impacts of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: Thanks to penicillin-- He will come home!" title="Impacts of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: Thanks to penicillin-- He will come home!" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39767/small/"/></a></p><p>This report discusses what is known about the emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and describes research and development aimed at controlling those organisms. It concludes that efforts are necessary both to preserve the effectiveness of currently available antibiotics and to develop new antibiotics. It discusses issues that arise in these activities, and it presents options for taking action.</p>Improving the Prospects for Future International Peace Operations: Workshop Proceedings2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39798/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39798/"><img alt="Improving the Prospects for Future International Peace Operations: Workshop Proceedings" title="Improving the Prospects for Future International Peace Operations: Workshop Proceedings" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39798/small/"/></a></p><p>In June 1995, OTA convened a workshop that brought together some of the world’s leading practitioners, academic experts, experienced diplomats, and leading technologists in order to study and discuss this issue. This report contains a summary of the results of the workshop, along with the original papers presented.</p>Information Technologies for the Control of Money Laundering2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39793/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39793/"><img alt="Information Technologies for the Control of Money Laundering" title="Information Technologies for the Control of Money Laundering" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39793/small/"/></a></p><p>This report describes how analysts developed and evaluated a number of alternative configurations of technology that, combined with certain legal and institutional innovations, could greatly enhance the capability of law enforcement agencies to detect and prosecute money launders seeking to exploit U.S. financial institutions and wire transfer systems.</p>Innovation and Commercialization of Emerging Technologies2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39803/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39803/"><img alt="Innovation and Commercialization of Emerging Technologies" title="Innovation and Commercialization of Emerging Technologies" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39803/small/"/></a></p><p>This background paper examines the complexities of innovation and commercialization in an attempt to demonstrate the linkages between science, technology, and innovation, and to highlight the growing importance of factors other than basic research in commercial success.</p>Issue Update on Information Security and Privacy in Network Environments2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39792/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39792/"><img alt="Issue Update on Information Security and Privacy in Network Environments" title="Issue Update on Information Security and Privacy in Network Environments" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39792/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper updates and develops some key issues that OTA had identified in its earlier report, in light of recent developments in the private sector and in government.</p>Learning To Work: Making the Transition From School to Work2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39812/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39812/"><img alt="Learning To Work: Making the Transition From School to Work" title="Learning To Work: Making the Transition From School to Work" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39812/small/"/></a></p><p>This reports shows that work-based learning has considerable promise but will be difficult to implement. The report discusses work-based learning that can potentially help students see the relevance of their academic studies later in life, allow students to explore career options, and help them develop needed occupational skills.</p>Nuclear Wastes in the Arctic: An Analysis of Arctic and Other Regional Impacts From Soviet Nuclear Contamination2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39768/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39768/"><img alt="Nuclear Wastes in the Arctic: An Analysis of Arctic and Other Regional Impacts From Soviet Nuclear Contamination" title="Nuclear Wastes in the Arctic: An Analysis of Arctic and Other Regional Impacts From Soviet Nuclear Contamination" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39768/small/"/></a></p><p>This report examines the environmental and human health impacts from wastes dumped into the Arctic and North Pacific regions, from nuclear contaminants discharged into these environments, and from radioactive releases from both past and future nuclear activities in the region. The report presents what is known and unknown about this waste and contamination and how it may affect public health.</p>Occupational Training for Young People in the United Kingdom2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39823/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39823/"><img alt="Occupational Training for Young People in the United Kingdom" title="Occupational Training for Young People in the United Kingdom" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39823/small/"/></a></p><p>The report discusses the problems of high unemployment among young people ages 16 through 19. This paper examines the youth training experiences of the United Kingdom over the last 30 years.</p>Reducing Earthquake Losses2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39800/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39800/"><img alt="Reducing Earthquake Losses" title="Reducing Earthquake Losses" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39800/small/"/></a></p><p>This report assesses the state of the knowledge, identifies key future challenges in each of the three components of earthquake risk reduction—earth science, engineering, and implementation—and offers policy options to improve federal efforts.</p>Renewing Our Energy Future2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39816/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39816/"><img alt="Renewing Our Energy Future" title="Renewing Our Energy Future" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39816/small/"/></a></p><p>This report evaluates the potential for cost-effective renewable energy in the coming decades and the actions that have to be taken to achieve the potential.</p>Risks to Students in School2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39802/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39802/"><img alt="Risks to Students in School" title="Risks to Students in School" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39802/small/"/></a></p><p>This report takes one critical step—identifying and commenting on the available data—that may help in developing priorities for the use of limited resources to protect children from health and safety hazards in schools.</p>Screening and Testing Chemicals in Commerce2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39817/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39817/"><img alt="Screening and Testing Chemicals in Commerce" title="Screening and Testing Chemicals in Commerce" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39817/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Selected Technology Issues in U.S. Aquaculture2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39819/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39819/"><img alt="Selected Technology Issues in U.S. Aquaculture" title="Selected Technology Issues in U.S. Aquaculture" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39819/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Targeting Environmental Priorities in Agriculture: Reforming Program Strategies2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39797/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39797/"><img alt="Targeting Environmental Priorities in Agriculture: Reforming Program Strategies" title="Targeting Environmental Priorities in Agriculture: Reforming Program Strategies" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39797/small/"/></a></p><p>The analysis in this report identifies priority environmental targets across the country for water quality, wildlife, and soil quality. A tripartite set of programs designed to lower cost and achieve more enduring solutions illustrates possible approaches to the targets.</p>The Technological Reshaping of Metropolitan America2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39772/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39772/"><img alt="The Technological Reshaping of Metropolitan America" title="The Technological Reshaping of Metropolitan America" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39772/small/"/></a></p><p>This report examines new policy approaches that would focus on development of innovative strategies for economic revitalization of urban core areas (including central cities and inner suburbs); creation of partnerships between urban cores and industry, state governments, and suburban jurisdictions; and movement toward full pricing of development and infrastructure to reduce or eliminate price subsidies now encouraging dispersed development.</p>Technology and Policy for Suppressing Grain Dust Explosions in Storage Facilities2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39825/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39825/"><img alt="Technology and Policy for Suppressing Grain Dust Explosions in Storage Facilities" title="Technology and Policy for Suppressing Grain Dust Explosions in Storage Facilities" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39825/small/"/></a></p><p>This report responds to the bipartisan request of the House Committee on Agriculture to assess alternative technologies with regard to their effectiveness in suppressing grain dust, the benefits and costs of each technology, and the costs of banning the use of water as a dust suppressant.</p>Wireless Technologies and the National Information Infrastructure2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39811/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39811/"><img alt="Wireless Technologies and the National Information Infrastructure" title="Wireless Technologies and the National Information Infrastructure" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39811/small/"/></a></p><p>This report examines the role wireless technologies will play in the emerging National Information Infrastructure (NII) and identifies the challenges that policymakers, regulators, and wireless service providers will face as they begin to more closely integrate wireless systems with existing wireline networks. The report also discusses some of the technical and social implications of the widespread use of wireless technologies— paying particular attention to the profound changes that wireless systems may cause in patterns of mobility.</p>Coverage of Laser Technology by Health Insurers2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39815/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39815/"><img alt="Coverage of Laser Technology by Health Insurers" title="Coverage of Laser Technology by Health Insurers" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39815/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper presents some empirical information on how insurers consider payment for new medical devices. It describes the survey results of medical directors affiliated with private health insurers about their coverage decisions using, as examples, three applications of lasers: laser angioplasty for opening narrowed or blocked coronary arteries; laser discectomy for treating herniated intervertebral discs; and photodynamic therapy (using a light–sensitive dye) for bladder cancer.</p>Effectiveness and Costs of Osteoporosis Screening and Hormone Replacement Therapy, Vol. I: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39813/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39813/"><img alt="Effectiveness and Costs of Osteoporosis Screening and Hormone Replacement Therapy, Vol. I: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis" title="Effectiveness and Costs of Osteoporosis Screening and Hormone Replacement Therapy, Vol. I: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39813/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper assesses the medical benefits and costs of both screening and hormone replacement therapy. It is divided into two volumes. This volume presents the results of a model that estimates the cost per year of life gained from osteoporosis screening and hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women.</p>Effectiveness and Costs of Osteoporosis Screening and Hormone Replacement Therapy, Vol. II: Evidence on Benefits, Risks, and Costs2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39814/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39814/"><img alt="Effectiveness and Costs of Osteoporosis Screening and Hormone Replacement Therapy, Vol. II: Evidence on Benefits, Risks, and Costs" title="Effectiveness and Costs of Osteoporosis Screening and Hormone Replacement Therapy, Vol. II: Evidence on Benefits, Risks, and Costs" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39814/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper assesses the medical benefits and costs of both screening and hormone replacement therapy. It is divided into two volumes. This volume provides the basis for the assumptions about the costs and effects of screening and hormonal replacement therapy used in the cost-effectiveness model.</p>The Lower Tiers of the Space Transportation Industrial Base2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39808/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39808/"><img alt="The Lower Tiers of the Space Transportation Industrial Base" title="The Lower Tiers of the Space Transportation Industrial Base" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39808/small/"/></a></p><p>This background paper was prompted by a workshop held at OTA in early March 1995, at which a small group, representing a broad cross-section of lower-tier firms, discussed their views of the space transportation industry.</p>Telecommunications Technology and Native Americans: Opportunities and Challenges2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39806/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39806/"><img alt="Telecommunications Technology and Native Americans: Opportunities and Challenges" title="Telecommunications Technology and Native Americans: Opportunities and Challenges" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39806/small/"/></a></p><p>The report discusses the opportunities for Native Americans to use telecommunications (including computer networking, videoconferencing, multimedia, digital and wireless technologies, and the like) in the realms of culture, education, health care, economic development, and governance.</p>Electronic Surveillance in a Digital Age2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39777/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39777/"><img alt="Electronic Surveillance in a Digital Age" title="Electronic Surveillance in a Digital Age" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39777/small/"/></a></p><p>This background paper reviews the progress of the industry and the law enforcement agencies in implementing the Act since its approval in October 1994.</p>Environmental Technology: Analysis of Selected Federal R&D Programs2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39779/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39779/"><img alt="Environmental Technology: Analysis of Selected Federal R&D Programs" title="Environmental Technology: Analysis of Selected Federal R&D Programs" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39779/small/"/></a></p><p>This report discusses estimates of environmental technology R&D spending, interagency coordination mechanisms, and major federal programs, including programs administered by the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Environmental Protection Agency, and several other agencies.</p>EPA Superfund Actions and ATSDR Public Health Data2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39780/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39780/"><img alt="EPA Superfund Actions and ATSDR Public Health Data" title="EPA Superfund Actions and ATSDR Public Health Data" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39780/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper discusses how EPA sets Superfund cleanup priorities based on Superfund site health ranking data provided by ATSDR. It examines several parameters by which EPA site prioritization might be measured, including timeliness, cost, and use of special removal actions at the worst sites.</p>International Partnerships in Large Science Projects2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39791/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39791/"><img alt="International Partnerships in Large Science Projects" title="International Partnerships in Large Science Projects" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39791/small/"/></a></p><p>This report assesses the factors that facilitate international partnerships in big science projects and those that, conversely, favor the pursuit of purely national projects. The paper also reviews and identifies several important issues to consider in structuring future collaborations.</p>A History of the Department of Defense Federally Funded Research and Development Centers2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39765/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39765/"><img alt="A History of the Department of Defense Federally Funded Research and Development Centers" title="A History of the Department of Defense Federally Funded Research and Development Centers" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39765/small/"/></a></p><p>The focus of this paper is the history of Department of Defense (DoD) Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) over the past 50 years, which forms part of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) study of defense modeling and simulation.</p>Reducing the Costs of Collecting Meteorological Data: A Workshop2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39801/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39801/"><img alt="Reducing the Costs of Collecting Meteorological Data: A Workshop" title="Reducing the Costs of Collecting Meteorological Data: A Workshop" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39801/small/"/></a></p><p>A report on information about the Earth obtained from satellite systems assists the National Weather Service (NWS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in conducting its legislatively mandated programs to provide weather and flood forecasts and warnings for the American public, improve public safety, and provide weather information for commerce and science.</p>State of the States on Brownfields: Programs for Cleanup and Reuse of Contaminated Sites2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39804/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39804/"><img alt="State of the States on Brownfields: Programs for Cleanup and Reuse of Contaminated Sites" title="State of the States on Brownfields: Programs for Cleanup and Reuse of Contaminated Sites" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39804/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper first presents an overview of the nature and extent of the brownfields problem and discusses several key issues relating to their cleanup and redevelopment. Next, it examines three primary state approaches for addressing brownfields, with a particular focus on state voluntary cleanup programs. It then presents more detailed information on the voluntary programs in Minnesota, California, and Ohio.</p>Agriculture, Trade, and Environment: Achieving Complementary Policies2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39766/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39766/"><img alt="Agriculture, Trade, and Environment: Achieving Complementary Policies" title="Agriculture, Trade, and Environment: Achieving Complementary Policies" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39766/small/"/></a></p><p>This report provides information that can help align agricultural legislation with emerging needs and trends. Current policies do not ameliorate conflicts between agricultural production and environmental quality, between trade and the environment, and between agriculture and competitive trade.</p>Costs and Effectiveness of Prostate Cancer Screening in Elderly Men2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39775/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39775/"><img alt="Costs and Effectiveness of Prostate Cancer Screening in Elderly Men" title="Costs and Effectiveness of Prostate Cancer Screening in Elderly Men" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39775/small/"/></a></p><p>The background paper summarizes the evidence on the effectiveness and costs of prostate cancer screening and treatment in elderly men and explores the implications for Medicare of offering this preventive technology as a Medicare benefit.</p>Hospital Financing in Seven Countries2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39789/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39789/"><img alt="Hospital Financing in Seven Countries" title="Hospital Financing in Seven Countries" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39789/small/"/></a></p><p>This report discusses a seven-country study of hospital financing is an attempt to find lessons for the United States. The individual experiences over the past decade of the United States and six of its international peers—Canada, England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden—in hospital financing and payment systems are reviewed by experts in each country.</p>The National Space Transportation Policy: Issues for Congress2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39809/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39809/"><img alt="The National Space Transportation Policy: Issues for Congress" title="The National Space Transportation Policy: Issues for Congress" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39809/small/"/></a></p><p>This report is the first in a broad assessment of the health and future prospects of the U.S. space transportation technology and industrial base. The report focuses on the Clinton Administration’s National Space Transportation Policy. It examines administration policy in light of the implementation plans prepared by NASA, DOD, and the Transportation and Commerce Departments.</p>The Cost-Effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer Screening in Average-Risk Adults2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39774/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39774/"><img alt="The Cost-Effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer Screening in Average-Risk Adults" title="The Cost-Effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer Screening in Average-Risk Adults" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39774/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper presents an analysis of the cost-effectiveness of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in average-risk adults beginning at age 50. It examines the relative cost effectiveness of competing CRC screening technologies and schedules.</p>Nuclear Safeguards and the International Atomic Energy Agency2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39794/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39794/"><img alt="Nuclear Safeguards and the International Atomic Energy Agency" title="Nuclear Safeguards and the International Atomic Energy Agency" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39794/small/"/></a></p><p>This report analyzes what International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards can and cannot be expected to accomplish, identifies areas where they might be broadened and improved, and presents options for doing so.</p>Teachers and Technology: Making the Connection2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39805/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39805/"><img alt="Teachers and Technology: Making the Connection" title="Teachers and Technology: Making the Connection" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39805/small/"/></a></p><p>This report discusses the major issues in the public school system, providing information, and contributing a broad range of perspectives that helped shape the issues regarding education and technology. The report shows that helping schools to make the connection between teachers and technology may be one of the most important steps to making the most of past, present, and future investments in educational technology and in our children’s future.</p>U.S.-Russian Cooperation in Space2011-08-20T21:15:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39810/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39810/"><img alt="U.S.-Russian Cooperation in Space" title="U.S.-Russian Cooperation in Space" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39810/small/"/></a></p><p>This report surveys the potential benefits and drawbacks of expanded cooperation with Russia and other nations of the Former Soviet Union in space activities, and examines the impacts of closer cooperation on U.S. industry and U.S. national security concerns.</p>