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- Annual Report to the Congress, Fiscal Year 1990
- Annual report detailing the progress and budget of the Office of Technology Assessment.
- Research Assistants Handbook
- This manual was designed to guide research assistants new to the OTA. It was used alongside the OTA Employee Handbook and other introductory materials from the OTA Information Center. It covers life at OTA, basics about projects, office equipment and resources, contractors, and an introduction to the DC area. This is not an official OTA document; it was an unpublished office manual.
- Annual Report to the Congress, Fiscal Year 1992
- Annual report of the progress and budget of the Office of Technology Assessment. 20th Anniversary Edition.
- Insider's Guide to OTA
- An informal orientation to the OTA. Addresses new employees' frequently asked questions; intended as a complimentary document to the official Employee Handbook.
- Catalog of OTA Publications, 1972 - 1994
- A cumulative catalog of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) documents published from 1972 through 1994.
- Proceedings: Technology and Governance in the 1990s
- This report contains discussion about project domestic and international issues in the 1990s, including arms reduction, the environment, the U.S. economy, health care, and education, with respect to technological issues that the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) works with Congress to develop and understand.
- Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, October 1 - December 31, 1989
- This is a quarterly report detailing the budget and progress of the Office of Technology Assessment.
- Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, January 1 - March 31, 1990
- This is a quarterly report detailing the budget and progress of the Office of Technology Assessment.
- Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, April 1 - June 30, 1990
- This is a quarterly report detailing the budget and progress of the Office of Technology Assessment.
- Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, July 1 - September 30, 1990
- This is a quarterly report detailing the budget and progress of the Office of Technology Assessment.
- Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, October 1 - December 31, 1990
- This is a quarterly report detailing the budget and progress of the Office of Technology Assessment.
- Science Advice to the Congress, May 1991
- This report is divided into three parts: first, an account of science advice to Congress and its dependence on its agencies; secondly, a more detailed look at the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) as the agency with most to offer other countries and most resemblance to parliamentary committee work; and thirdly, a short consideration of whether or not an OTA is appropriate for the UK.
- Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, January 1 - March 31, 1991
- This is a quarterly report detailing the budget and progress of the Office of Technology Assessment.
- Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, July 1 - September 30, 1991
- This is a quarterly report detailing the budget and progress of the Office of Technology Assessment.
- Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, October 1 - December 31, 1991
- This is a quarterly report detailing the budget and progress of the Office of Technology Assessment.
- SETting the Table: The First Unofficial OTA Staff Cookbook, 1991
- This document is a collection of recipes, contributed and compiled by Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) staff.
- RA (Research Assistants) Handbook, June 1992
- This handbook was created by the staff of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) for new Research Assistants, to introduce them to OTA policy and provide guidelines for Research Assistant activities.
- OTA Forum on Technology and Governance in the 19901, January 27, 1993
- This document is a program from the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) Forum on Technology and Governance in the 1990s, held on January 27, 1993. The program includes a schedule of events and biographical information on each of the forum speakers.
- Office of Technology Assessment List of Publications, January 1993
- A catalog of Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) documents published through 1993.
- Office of Technology Assessment Semi-Annual Report, July 1994
- This report includes information on technological products released during FY1994, legislation in the 103rd Congress related to the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), and background information on OTA itself, among other things.
- Office of Technology Assessment Fiscal Year 1992 Justification of Estimates, December 21, 1990
- This report contains justification for the Office of Technology Assessment's (OTA) estimated FY1990 budget request.
- Office of Technology Assessment FY1994 Annual Report to Congress, March 1995
- The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) is a nonpartisan congressional support agency of the United States congress. OTA is charged with advising the Congress on a wide range of critical issues involving science and technology. This report to Congress is required under Sec. 11 of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972, Public Law 92-484 (see p. 55). It describes the activities of the Office in Fiscal Yaer 1994 within the context of the legislative agenda of the 103rd congress and the events in the United States and the world during 1994.
- Office of Technology Assessment Fiscal Year 1995 Justification of Estimates, December 1993
- This report contains justification for the Office of Technology Assessment's (OTA) estimated FY1995 budget request.
- Insider's Guide to OTA, January 1995
- This guide is intended as an informal orientation to some aspects of life at the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), and to answer some of the questions frequently asked about OTA. This guide was created in the hopes of acquainting new employees with the procedures, materials, information, and expertise that lie within OTA.
- Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) Materials at the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA), May 12, 1998
- This document is a faxed transmission of Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) materials located in the National Archives as overseen by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and as of May 12, 1998.
- Office of Technology Assessment Fiscal Year 1994 Justification of Estimates, December 1992
- This report contains justification for the Office of Technology Assessment's (OTA) estimated FY1994 budget request.
- OTA Role & Function, 1995
- This pamphlet briefly outlines the function and purpose of the Office of Technology Assessment.
- Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) Resources, February 1995
- This collection of Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) Resources information briefs details assessments and documents completed by OTA and categorized into a variety of topics, including the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, defense technology, and energy research and development.
- Office of Technology Assessment Fiscal Year 1996 Justification of Estimates, December 1994
- This report contains justification for the Office of Technology Assessment's (OTA) estimated FY1996 budget request.
- Policy Analysis at OTA: A Staff Assessment, May 1993
- This document presents the findings of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) staff assessment of policy analysis that took place in 1992. It consisted of reviewing 18 sample OTA reports and soliciting opinions about OTA's policy analysis from outside observers. This report presents the findings of this assessment, along with options for OTA management and suggestions for OTA project directors.
- Private Health Insurance: Impact of Premium Increases on Number of Covered Individuals Is Uncertain
- Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the impact of private health insurance premium increases on the number of covered individuals, focusing on: (1) the trends in employers' decisions to offer insurance and employees' decisions to purchase it; (2) an assessment of recent studies that have estimated the relationship between premium increases and insurance coverage; and (3) conditions or factors that could affect the impact of premium increases on insurance coverage."
- Nuclear Waste Cleanup: Progress Made but DOE Management Attention Needed to Increase Use of Innovative Technologies
- Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of Energy's (DOE) efforts to implement GAO's recommendations to improve the deployment of innovative cleanup technologies, focusing on whether DOE: (1) established coordination between technology developers and users; (2) modified completed technologies to meet site-specific needs; (3) provided technical assistance to sites; and (4) improved the quality of deployment data."
- Department of Energy: Usefulness of Performance Plan Could Be Improved
- Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of Energy's (DOE) annual performance plan for fiscal year (FY) 2000 which is required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993."
- Federal Power: The Role of the Power Marketing Administrations in a Restructured Electricity Industry
- Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the role of the power marketing administrations (PMA) in a restructured electricity industry, focusing on five goals of deregulating the retail electricity market."
- Federal Oil Valuation: Efforts to Revise Regulations and an Analysis of Royalties in Kind
- Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the valuation of federal oil, focusing on: (1) the information the Minerals Management Service (MMS) used to justify the need for revising its regulations; (2) how MMS addressed concerns expressed by the oil industry and the states in developing these regulations; and (3) the feasibility of the government's taking its oil and gas royalties in kind, instead of in cash."
- Rural Water Projects: Federal Assistance Criteria and Potential Benefits of the Proposed Lewis and Clark Project
- Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Lewis and Clark Rural Water Project, focusing on: (1) federal assistance criteria for rural water projects and; (2) potential benefits of rural water projects such as Lewis and Clark."
- Western National Forests: Status of Forest Service's Efforts to Reduce Catastrophic Wildfire Threats
- Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the status of efforts by the Forest Service to develop a cohesive strategy to reduce the threat of catastrophic wildfires in national forests in the interior West."
- Social Security and Surpluses: GAO's Perspective on the President's Proposals
- Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the President's proposal for addressing social security and use of the budget surplus."
- Fish and Wildlife Service: Management and Oversight of the Federal Aid Program Needs Attention
- Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the management and oversight of the Fish and Wildlife Service's Wildlife Restoration Program, focusing on: (1) how administrative funds are used and monitored; and (2) whether there is adequate oversight of the funds provided to the states."
- Medicare Subvention Demonstration: DOD Experience and Lessons for Possible VA Demonstration
- Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of Defense's (DOD) Medicare subvention demonstration program, focusing on: (1) the early phases of implementing the DOD demonstration; (2) issues raised by that experience for DOD subvention; and (3) lessons from the DOD demonstration for a possible Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) demonstration."
- Federal Land Management: Comments on Selected Provisions of S. 1320--A Bill to Revise Federal Land Management Planning
- Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the planning-related provisions of titles I and II of S. 1320--the Public Lands Planning and Management Improvement Act of 1999, focusing on the: (1) statutory basis for the Forest Service's mission priorities; (2) clarity of the mission statement in S. 1320; and (3) extent to which the bill addresses identified planning deficiencies."
- Performance Budgeting: Initial Agency Experiences Provide a Foundation to Assess Future Directions
- Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed performance budgeting in the federal government, focusing on the: (1) postponement of the performance budgeting pilots that are required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA); and (2) challenges that confront these pilots and any effort to more closely relate performance expectations and spending estimates."
- Forest Service: Financial Accountability
- Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed its ongoing monitoring of the Forest Service's efforts to improve its financial accountability, focusing on: (1) the historical pattern of the Forest Service's financial management weaknesses; (2) the fundamental problems which the Forest Service must resolve in order to achieve financial accountability; (3) GAO's criteria for placing Forest Service financial management on its high-risk list and what must take place for the agency to be removed from the list; and (4) highlighting corrective measures the agency has under way."
- Payroll Taxes: Billions in Delinquent Taxes and Penalties Due But Unlikely to Be Collected
- Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO discussed the results of its work on payroll taxes owed to the federal government and the associated trust fund recovery penalties (TFRP) assessed against individuals responsible for the nonpayment of these taxes."
- Defense Inventory: Continuing Challenges in Managing Inventories and Avoiding Adverse Operational Effects
- Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed inventory issues as they related to the Department of Defense's (DOD) operations and readiness, focusing on: (1) the status of DOD's secondary inventory; (2) difficulties one military service continues to have in obtaining repair parts to keep its combat aircraft mission capable; (3) the adequacy of DOD's controls over inventory items in transit; (4) implementation of DOD's efforts to have greater visibility over its logistical assets through its Total Asset Visibility Program; and (5) the continuing need to apply best private sector management practices to Defense inventory management."
- Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Readiness of Key State-Administered Federal Programs
- Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the year 2000 readiness of state-administered federal programs, focusing on: (1) the reported year 2000 readiness of 10 key state-administered federal human services programs; and (2) federal activities to assess states' readiness for these 10 programs."
- Financial Management: Financial Management Weaknesses at the Department of Education
- Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO discussed its review of the independent auditors' reports on the Department of Education's financial statements covering fiscal year (FY) 1998, focusing on: (1) weaknesses in the financial reporting process; (2) inadequate reconciliations of financial accounting records; and (3) inadequate controls over information systems."
- Disaster Assistance: FEMA Can Improve Its Cost-Effectiveness Determinations for Mitigation Grants
- Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed how the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the states, ensures the cost-effectiveness of projects funded under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program."
- Drinking Water Research: Better Planning Needed to Link Needs and Resources
- Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) drinking water research program, focusing on: (1) a comparison of EPA's budget requests for drinking water research during fiscal years 1997 through 2000 with: (a) the amounts authorized for such purposes by the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996; and (b) the amounts estimated by EPA to be needed to support the regulations and regulatory determinations required under the amendments; (2) the views of stakeholders--those involved with supplying and ensuring the safety of drinking water--regarding the likelihood that EPA will be able to complete the research necessary to support new regulations and regulatory decisions over the next 10 years and the potential consequences if the research is not completed; and (3) an assessment of EPA's drinking water research plans, including the tasks, projected funding, and anticipated accomplishments, to support the development of new regulations and regulatory decisions over the next 10 years."
- Senior Community Service Employment: Program Reauthorization Issues That Affect Serving Disadvantaged Seniors
- Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the reauthorization of the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), focusing on the: (1) effect of the hold harmless provision on allocating funds to where needy elderly live; and (2) impact of the annual appropriations statutes on the distribution of SCSEP positions within states."