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		<title>Comment on Holt&#8217;s New Proposal to Restart OTA by Kate Seelman</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2011/07/26/holts-new-proposal-to-restart-ota/comment-page-1/#comment-12619</link>
		<dc:creator>Kate Seelman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have long mourned the loss of OTA.  The U.S. needs a nonpartisan, expert-based federal agency to provide Congress with advice and options on science policy and resource commitments.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have long mourned the loss of OTA.  The U.S. needs a nonpartisan, expert-based federal agency to provide Congress with advice and options on science policy and resource commitments.</p>
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		<title>Comment on In Memoriam: The Office of Technology Assessment, 1972-95 by Technology Assessment at the Congressional Research Service &#124; Secrecy News</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/technology_assessment_and_congress/houghton/comment-page-1/#comment-951</link>
		<dc:creator>Technology Assessment at the Congressional Research Service &#124; Secrecy News</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] elimination of the congressional Office of Technology Assessment in 1995 was a self-inflicted wound that left Congress with diminished capacity to evaluate the challenging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comment on OTA Publications by Only a Smarter Congress Can Make Better Internet Policy &#124; Washington Investment</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/otareports/comment-page-1/#comment-943</link>
		<dc:creator>Only a Smarter Congress Can Make Better Internet Policy &#124; Washington Investment</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] tiny staff of experts (around 140 during a maximum) generated hundreds of reports during a comparatively medium cost of $20 million annually. Unfortunately, it was defunded in 1995 [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] tiny staff of experts (around 140 during a maximum) generated hundreds of reports during a comparatively medium cost of $20 million annually. Unfortunately, it was defunded in 1995 [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on OTA Publications by The Sunlight Foundation: Only a Smarter Congress Can Make Better Internet Policy Rhonn Mitchell Rhonn Laighton Mitchell</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/otareports/comment-page-1/#comment-941</link>
		<dc:creator>The Sunlight Foundation: Only a Smarter Congress Can Make Better Internet Policy Rhonn Mitchell Rhonn Laighton Mitchell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] small staff of experts (around 140 at its maximum) generated hundreds of reports at the relatively modest cost of $20 million annually. Unfortunately, it was defunded in 1995 as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comment on Technology Assessment and Congress by America&#8217;s growing anti-intellectualism &#124; UCU at BSU</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/technology_assessment_and_congress/comment-page-1/#comment-933</link>
		<dc:creator>America&#8217;s growing anti-intellectualism &#124; UCU at BSU</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] and most profound changes introduced under Speaker Newt Gingrich was the elimination of the Office of Technology Assessment. The OTA, first established in 1972, provided Congress with objective and authoritative analysis of [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] and most profound changes introduced under Speaker Newt Gingrich was the elimination of the Office of Technology Assessment. The OTA, first established in 1972, provided Congress with objective and authoritative analysis of [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Managing Radioactive Waste by Fit Finday</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2010/04/14/managing-radioactive-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-926</link>
		<dc:creator>Fit Finday</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You get the feeling sometimes that the industry is more about &#039;mismanaging&#039; nuclear waste!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You get the feeling sometimes that the industry is more about &#8216;mismanaging&#8217; nuclear waste!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Restart the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment by Fahad Khan</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2009/03/31/restart-the-congressional-office-of-technology-assessment/comment-page-1/#comment-925</link>
		<dc:creator>Fahad Khan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 00:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Really nice post and blog. I hope to read more information in your posts thanks.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Really nice post and blog. I hope to read more information in your posts thanks.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Coping with Large Oil Spills by mls realtor</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2010/05/26/coping-with-large-oil-spills/comment-page-1/#comment-909</link>
		<dc:creator>mls realtor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to comment and say that I really enjoyed reading your blog post here. It was very informative and I also digg the way you write! Keep it up and I’ll be back to read more in the future]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just wanted to comment and say that I really enjoyed reading your blog post here. It was very informative and I also digg the way you write! Keep it up and I’ll be back to read more in the future</p>
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		<title>Comment on AAAS To Hold Session About Reinstating OTA by Player Profiles</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2009/01/16/aaas-to-hold-session-about-reinstating-ota/comment-page-1/#comment-907</link>
		<dc:creator>Player Profiles</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 08:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Best you should change the post subject AAAS To Hold Session About Reinstating OTA &#124; OTA Archive to  more suited for your blog post you create. I liked the the writing all the same.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Best you should change the post subject AAAS To Hold Session About Reinstating OTA | OTA Archive to  more suited for your blog post you create. I liked the the writing all the same.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Coping with Large Oil Spills by Fabian Mayeshiba</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2010/05/26/coping-with-large-oil-spills/comment-page-1/#comment-876</link>
		<dc:creator>Fabian Mayeshiba</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many methods for extracting oil from tar sands and tar sands don&#039;t always exist on the surface, such as in Alberta Canada where the sands are too far below the surface for open pit extraction.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are many methods for extracting oil from tar sands and tar sands don&#8217;t always exist on the surface, such as in Alberta Canada where the sands are too far below the surface for open pit extraction.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Coping with Large Oil Spills by ruggedized camera systems</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2010/05/26/coping-with-large-oil-spills/comment-page-1/#comment-872</link>
		<dc:creator>ruggedized camera systems</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preventive measures are at this point a huge issue. It seems that more people are concerned about &quot;response systems&quot; and should be more attentive to how to keep this from happening.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Preventive measures are at this point a huge issue. It seems that more people are concerned about &#8220;response systems&#8221; and should be more attentive to how to keep this from happening.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Coping with Large Oil Spills by Lada</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2010/05/26/coping-with-large-oil-spills/comment-page-1/#comment-870</link>
		<dc:creator>Lada</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Open Letter to Secretary General of United Nation
   Mr. Pan Gimun,
You, probably kow, that at present time UN is a serious,well-organized structure, possessing great financial and administrative possibilities,created for solving or searching for solution methods of the most urgent problems, appearing in
different countries.
   You are also aware of the fact that United States of America is a country, which can have difficulties as any other countries, and it can not be unnoticed, especially in such serious cases, as oil pollution of Gulf of Mexico, by UN leader,
if only there are more serious political reasons, to which health of ocean and its coast is sacrificed.
   Without searching for such reasons, but directly forcing you
to leave games of politics, we demand conducting of company selection in a week, which will start elimination of gulf pollution source. Otherwise, we insist on your immediate re-election.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Open Letter to Secretary General of United Nation<br />
   Mr. Pan Gimun,<br />
You, probably kow, that at present time UN is a serious,well-organized structure, possessing great financial and administrative possibilities,created for solving or searching for solution methods of the most urgent problems, appearing in<br />
different countries.<br />
   You are also aware of the fact that United States of America is a country, which can have difficulties as any other countries, and it can not be unnoticed, especially in such serious cases, as oil pollution of Gulf of Mexico, by UN leader,<br />
if only there are more serious political reasons, to which health of ocean and its coast is sacrificed.<br />
   Without searching for such reasons, but directly forcing you<br />
to leave games of politics, we demand conducting of company selection in a week, which will start elimination of gulf pollution source. Otherwise, we insist on your immediate re-election.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Coping with Large Oil Spills by Gourmet Coffee Makers</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2010/05/26/coping-with-large-oil-spills/comment-page-1/#comment-864</link>
		<dc:creator>Gourmet Coffee Makers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is nearly unbelievable that this oil spill is still not taken care of. It&#039;s been what, like 46 days now?? All i see on the television all day long is washed up fish, and poor birds covered in oil.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is nearly unbelievable that this oil spill is still not taken care of. It&#8217;s been what, like 46 days now?? All i see on the television all day long is washed up fish, and poor birds covered in oil.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Coping with Large Oil Spills by George Wilson (the math teacher)</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2010/05/26/coping-with-large-oil-spills/comment-page-1/#comment-863</link>
		<dc:creator>George Wilson (the math teacher)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BP should have to pay 1,000,000 for every animal we find covered with oil.  Tony Hayward is a fool.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BP should have to pay 1,000,000 for every animal we find covered with oil.  Tony Hayward is a fool.</p>
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		<title>Comment on OTA Publications by A New Push for the Office of Technology Assessment &#124; Secrecy News</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/otareports/comment-page-1/#comment-859</link>
		<dc:creator>A New Push for the Office of Technology Assessment &#124; Secrecy News</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 14:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] comprehensive archive of OTA publications from 1972-1995 is available on the Federation of American Scientists web [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] comprehensive archive of OTA publications from 1972-1995 is available on the Federation of American Scientists web [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Managing Radioactive Waste by TomPier</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2010/04/14/managing-radioactive-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-857</link>
		<dc:creator>TomPier</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 15:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[great post as usual!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>great post as usual!</p>
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		<title>Comment on How to fix global warming and gain energy security by Lola Allen</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2009/02/09/how-to-fix-global-warming-and-gain-energy-security/comment-page-1/#comment-855</link>
		<dc:creator>Lola Allen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The effects of Global Warming is getting much      stronger these days. We should concentrate more on alternative energy to reduce carbon emissions.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The effects of Global Warming is getting much      stronger these days. We should concentrate more on alternative energy to reduce carbon emissions.</p>
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		<title>Comment on How to fix global warming and gain energy security by Alicia Meyer</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2009/02/09/how-to-fix-global-warming-and-gain-energy-security/comment-page-1/#comment-834</link>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Meyer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Warming and Climate Change                       is the biggest environmental issue that we face these days. the long term effects of these environmental changes to a nations economy is quite damaging. there would be a shortage in food supply as well as on water supply too.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Global Warming and Climate Change                       is the biggest environmental issue that we face these days. the long term effects of these environmental changes to a nations economy is quite damaging. there would be a shortage in food supply as well as on water supply too.</p>
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		<title>Comment on From the Archive &#8211; Energy, Part 1 by Daddy50</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/08/05/from-the-archive-energy-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-800</link>
		<dc:creator>Daddy50</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rogers is building two new coal plants now. ,]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rogers is building two new coal plants now. ,</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Debate over Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone by Stinky31</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/07/30/the-debate-over-recombinant-bovine-growth-hormone/comment-page-1/#comment-799</link>
		<dc:creator>Stinky31</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So much squandered potential there. ,]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So much squandered potential there. ,</p>
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		<title>Comment on Political Science by Mr.Carrot22</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/02/08/political-science/comment-page-1/#comment-798</link>
		<dc:creator>Mr.Carrot22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Other situations   are more like Brownian motion, which involves moving without going anywhere. ,]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Other situations   are more like Brownian motion, which involves moving without going anywhere. ,</p>
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		<title>Comment on Technology Assessment and Congress by ScienceUSblog &#187; Blog Archive</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/technology_assessment_and_congress/comment-page-1/#comment-794</link>
		<dc:creator>ScienceUSblog &#187; Blog Archive</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Policy (OTA) for similar purposes, but it was a casualty of the Republican Revolution in 1995. http://fas.org/ota/technology_assessment_and_congress/&#160; The Congress&#8217; Government Accountability Office (GAO) www.gao.gov&#160; and [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Policy (OTA) for similar purposes, but it was a casualty of the Republican Revolution in 1995. <a href="http://fas.org/ota/technology_assessment_and_congress/&#038;nbsp" rel="nofollow">http://fas.org/ota/technology_assessment_and_congress/&#038;nbsp</a>; The Congress&#8217; Government Accountability Office (GAO) <a href="http://www.gao.gov&#038;nbsp" rel="nofollow">http://www.gao.gov&#038;nbsp</a>; and [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Memories of Senator Kennedy by Cloid L.Dokich</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2009/08/28/memories-of-senator-kennedy/comment-page-1/#comment-789</link>
		<dc:creator>Cloid L.Dokich</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember when Mr.Kennedy&#039;s, first brother JFK died, and I listened on a pocket radio the news.Then several years later as a kid I shook Robert&#039;s hand in a dirt field in Long Beach on 3rd St. which joins the 710 freeway to LA while he was walking his dog as his walk in the Lincoln Park Chinese Garden was nixt because of the crowed that surrounded him and his car was so excited he couldn&#039;t even be carried over their heads like they do to rock stars at a concert.The same crowed which trampled me down and is why I was walking home and found Robert walking his dog, and when I went home to watch TV the shows were interupted because Sir Han decided to shoot him.

 Now the Lincoln Park Chinese Garden is empty of water and the last bridge is in need of repair and the little pond where I would play with my model boats like the PT109, is but a memory like that old Navy by the sea...

 Now I had to find out that old Teddy Bear had past on by the internet as know one said anything about his passing or seemed to care as everyone is angry over his friend the new president&#039;s policies against US,and our choice of Water Sport&#039;s for terrorist&#039;s....

 Well Mr.Theodore Kennedy, I&#039;m big enough to say something for you when as just a kid no one listened...

 In mememory of the Kennedy&#039;s and the Navy I would like to dedicate the old book I am reading : &quot; Two Years Before The Mast,&quot; written by Henery Richard Dana Jr. who sailed from Boston around the Cape Horn to Western North America, ( which I Imagine was California, and perhaps the old port of Los Angeles, and Long Beach where I grew up ),on the Brig Sailing Ship &quot; Pilgrim.&quot;

 Now old Henery made a lot of sense when he made his qoutes about the life of a sailor when instead of fuel or nuclear power all one had was the wind at his back and a few stars to guide his passage like the Southern Cross south of the Equator and the old North star of the North.

 I think the old Hughes Aerospace was 29 degrees Lat. by 118 degrees Long. off the 710 and 405. So for the old Boss I&#039;ll say this in his memory when Robert Died &quot; I don&#039;t want to be fast on the draw,but I want to be the first to write a memorial for you old Salt&#039;s on FSA Twits ! &quot;

 I hope old Camelot remember&#039;s how they treated old King Arther over his knights of the round table when Mordred brought US all to war against each other instead of those enemies of the realm and Christendom whenwe were doing battle with the enemies in the crusades. I guess it was more popular to win votes over damsels in distress while soldier&#039;s were away fighting here at home and holding old King Richard and the Republic up for ransome for the new EO&#039;s and policies freeing the terrorist&#039;s and holding the old guard to blame for things like interogation while those that cut off our heads were free to commit more acts of violence like at Lockerbe and New York City 9/11.What do I care if the old lady has an affair as it is just as Noble for them to love another while we pay for it with another on the side as well.Lucky for me I am to Ignorant to be cool for old school or suckered by some Temptress Tossed. It&#039;s none of my Bee&#039;s Wax so do not expect me to light your candles with my fire unless it&#039;s for those I know from the old round table and not the new of Mordreds birth right which is call for concern as to it&#039;s legitimacy in the first place.

 To your Sir Knight I will speak kindly as your memories are part of my own of better day&#039;s and better men who with Christ and Christianity gave grace while those of other faiths gave no quarter at all, &quot; Camelot, &quot; Avalon my old home, a Kingdom of Rome and the Holy See !]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I remember when Mr.Kennedy&#8217;s, first brother JFK died, and I listened on a pocket radio the news.Then several years later as a kid I shook Robert&#8217;s hand in a dirt field in Long Beach on 3rd St. which joins the 710 freeway to LA while he was walking his dog as his walk in the Lincoln Park Chinese Garden was nixt because of the crowed that surrounded him and his car was so excited he couldn&#8217;t even be carried over their heads like they do to rock stars at a concert.The same crowed which trampled me down and is why I was walking home and found Robert walking his dog, and when I went home to watch TV the shows were interupted because Sir Han decided to shoot him.</p>
<p> Now the Lincoln Park Chinese Garden is empty of water and the last bridge is in need of repair and the little pond where I would play with my model boats like the PT109, is but a memory like that old Navy by the sea&#8230;</p>
<p> Now I had to find out that old Teddy Bear had past on by the internet as know one said anything about his passing or seemed to care as everyone is angry over his friend the new president&#8217;s policies against US,and our choice of Water Sport&#8217;s for terrorist&#8217;s&#8230;.</p>
<p> Well Mr.Theodore Kennedy, I&#8217;m big enough to say something for you when as just a kid no one listened&#8230;</p>
<p> In mememory of the Kennedy&#8217;s and the Navy I would like to dedicate the old book I am reading : &#8221; Two Years Before The Mast,&#8221; written by Henery Richard Dana Jr. who sailed from Boston around the Cape Horn to Western North America, ( which I Imagine was California, and perhaps the old port of Los Angeles, and Long Beach where I grew up ),on the Brig Sailing Ship &#8221; Pilgrim.&#8221;</p>
<p> Now old Henery made a lot of sense when he made his qoutes about the life of a sailor when instead of fuel or nuclear power all one had was the wind at his back and a few stars to guide his passage like the Southern Cross south of the Equator and the old North star of the North.</p>
<p> I think the old Hughes Aerospace was 29 degrees Lat. by 118 degrees Long. off the 710 and 405. So for the old Boss I&#8217;ll say this in his memory when Robert Died &#8221; I don&#8217;t want to be fast on the draw,but I want to be the first to write a memorial for you old Salt&#8217;s on FSA Twits ! &#8221;</p>
<p> I hope old Camelot remember&#8217;s how they treated old King Arther over his knights of the round table when Mordred brought US all to war against each other instead of those enemies of the realm and Christendom whenwe were doing battle with the enemies in the crusades. I guess it was more popular to win votes over damsels in distress while soldier&#8217;s were away fighting here at home and holding old King Richard and the Republic up for ransome for the new EO&#8217;s and policies freeing the terrorist&#8217;s and holding the old guard to blame for things like interogation while those that cut off our heads were free to commit more acts of violence like at Lockerbe and New York City 9/11.What do I care if the old lady has an affair as it is just as Noble for them to love another while we pay for it with another on the side as well.Lucky for me I am to Ignorant to be cool for old school or suckered by some Temptress Tossed. It&#8217;s none of my Bee&#8217;s Wax so do not expect me to light your candles with my fire unless it&#8217;s for those I know from the old round table and not the new of Mordreds birth right which is call for concern as to it&#8217;s legitimacy in the first place.</p>
<p> To your Sir Knight I will speak kindly as your memories are part of my own of better day&#8217;s and better men who with Christ and Christianity gave grace while those of other faiths gave no quarter at all, &#8221; Camelot, &#8221; Avalon my old home, a Kingdom of Rome and the Holy See !</p>
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		<title>Comment on Memories of McNamara by Johnson Bunton</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2009/07/22/memories-of-mcnamara/comment-page-1/#comment-775</link>
		<dc:creator>Johnson Bunton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia is always the biggest menace for us and the peace of the world. Not only the times of Soviet Union, but also now.]]></description>
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		<title>Comment on Voters Want a Transparent Prez by Cancer</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/03/16/voters-want-a-transparent-prez/comment-page-1/#comment-724</link>
		<dc:creator>Cancer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really liked your blog , very helpful!]]></description>
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		<title>Comment on Holt Testifies at Appropriations Hearing by Denver Attaway</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2009/05/07/holt-testifies-at-appropriations-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-705</link>
		<dc:creator>Denver Attaway</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We can continue to hope. The problem is that the OTA was too much of a legitimate voice of opposition to the shortsightedness of current business and market fundamentals. 

Eliminating it created this significant knowledge gap and this has been by design. Perhaps if the press and media gave attention to real important issues, the formation of a new OTA could gain traction. Its 94-95 demise and the successive impacts on 1)declining &quot;avg&quot; American standards of living, the wealth polarization factor; 2) momentous unsustainable economic policy....are profound. 

A link must be drawn between the absence of Congressional &quot;knowledge&quot; and how much more consumers and tax payers are being taken advantage of.....the political system is becoming / has become incompatible with the cause and effect analytics and studies that OTA crafted for our legislatures. Now a shady piece of legislation can be given to the voting members of congress with a couple weeks to go threw it. What happened to committee and subcommittee hearings for all legislation? 

The quality control and statistical process control measures that the OTA&#039;s efforts provided are sorely missed. I hope we can still bring back with all that has transpired during its absence.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We can continue to hope. The problem is that the OTA was too much of a legitimate voice of opposition to the shortsightedness of current business and market fundamentals. </p>
<p>Eliminating it created this significant knowledge gap and this has been by design. Perhaps if the press and media gave attention to real important issues, the formation of a new OTA could gain traction. Its 94-95 demise and the successive impacts on 1)declining &#8220;avg&#8221; American standards of living, the wealth polarization factor; 2) momentous unsustainable economic policy&#8230;.are profound. </p>
<p>A link must be drawn between the absence of Congressional &#8220;knowledge&#8221; and how much more consumers and tax payers are being taken advantage of&#8230;..the political system is becoming / has become incompatible with the cause and effect analytics and studies that OTA crafted for our legislatures. Now a shady piece of legislation can be given to the voting members of congress with a couple weeks to go threw it. What happened to committee and subcommittee hearings for all legislation? </p>
<p>The quality control and statistical process control measures that the OTA&#8217;s efforts provided are sorely missed. I hope we can still bring back with all that has transpired during its absence.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Trade-In a Gas-Guzzler for an Electric Car This Earth Day at ZAP by Trading Systems</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/04/21/trade-in-a-gas-guzzler-for-an-electric-car-this-earth-day-at-zap/comment-page-1/#comment-702</link>
		<dc:creator>Trading Systems</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 08:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, we should all move to electric and save the environmnent.]]></description>
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		<title>Comment on Holt Testifies at Appropriations Hearing by tony fainberg</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2009/05/07/holt-testifies-at-appropriations-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-701</link>
		<dc:creator>tony fainberg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 15:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe this time....]]></description>
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		<title>Comment on Trade-In a Gas-Guzzler for an Electric Car This Earth Day at ZAP by unparalled61</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/04/21/trade-in-a-gas-guzzler-for-an-electric-car-this-earth-day-at-zap/comment-page-1/#comment-686</link>
		<dc:creator>unparalled61</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[yes.. i might trade my old buick to an electric car.]]></description>
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		<title>Comment on The Future of Foresight under Obama by Bonnie Bracey Sutton</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2009/03/17/the-future-of-foresight-under-obama-2/comment-page-1/#comment-676</link>
		<dc:creator>Bonnie Bracey Sutton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My concern is that science has been gated for the last 6-8 years. In many states in elementary science , less than 20 minutes a week has been put aside for the teaching of science, and inquiry based investigations have been put on hold. Congress makes decisions based on &quot; old idea&quot;. Transformational learning tools exist. I asked the head of the Math Project about computational math and science. He admitted that he did not know what that was. I am concerned. We need OTA to certify, share and let us know educational practices that work. Some of these practices are going on at NSF, but dissemination of transformational learning could take place much faster if OTA existed and we stopped guessing our way to the future using 
information from vendors and the press.

Bonnie Bracey Sutton]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My concern is that science has been gated for the last 6-8 years. In many states in elementary science , less than 20 minutes a week has been put aside for the teaching of science, and inquiry based investigations have been put on hold. Congress makes decisions based on &#8221; old idea&#8221;. Transformational learning tools exist. I asked the head of the Math Project about computational math and science. He admitted that he did not know what that was. I am concerned. We need OTA to certify, share and let us know educational practices that work. Some of these practices are going on at NSF, but dissemination of transformational learning could take place much faster if OTA existed and we stopped guessing our way to the future using<br />
information from vendors and the press.</p>
<p>Bonnie Bracey Sutton</p>
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		<title>Comment on Searching to reduce global warming by homemade energy</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/05/14/searching-to-reduce-global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-667</link>
		<dc:creator>homemade energy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enjoying reading your blog. Hard work always pays off.]]></description>
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		<title>Comment on Open Up by energy</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/08/06/open-up/comment-page-1/#comment-666</link>
		<dc:creator>energy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do I add this to my RSS reader? Sorry I&#039;m a newbie :(]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How do I add this to my RSS reader? Sorry I&#8217;m a newbie <img src='http://ota-cdn.fas.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Comment on Restart the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment by Robert F. Miller</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2009/03/31/restart-the-congressional-office-of-technology-assessment/comment-page-1/#comment-660</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert F. Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The OTA proved to be a vital function for Congress and it served as a model for the world to emulate. As I recall the OTA publications were very often one the few government publications that all got distributed rather than lying around in a large archived pile. The reports that came out of OTA were remarkable for their clarity and utility; they achieved their objective of being politically neutral and unbiased in their content. The trouble OTA had was the new Republican right didn&#039;t want objective data, because their emergent constituency wanted to create their own science. So the Newt Gingrich Republicans did away with an office that was the envry of the world. Many countries who had tried to emulate OTA were shocked to see that the United States had gutted such a useful model. Bringing OTA back would go a long way to restoring our capacity to create objective reports at a time Congress badly needs information that is reliable. It was tragic when OTA was cutoff, it would be wonderful to see it return.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The OTA proved to be a vital function for Congress and it served as a model for the world to emulate. As I recall the OTA publications were very often one the few government publications that all got distributed rather than lying around in a large archived pile. The reports that came out of OTA were remarkable for their clarity and utility; they achieved their objective of being politically neutral and unbiased in their content. The trouble OTA had was the new Republican right didn&#8217;t want objective data, because their emergent constituency wanted to create their own science. So the Newt Gingrich Republicans did away with an office that was the envry of the world. Many countries who had tried to emulate OTA were shocked to see that the United States had gutted such a useful model. Bringing OTA back would go a long way to restoring our capacity to create objective reports at a time Congress badly needs information that is reliable. It was tragic when OTA was cutoff, it would be wonderful to see it return.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Will lasers brighten nuclear&#8217;s future? by Craigslist verified accounts</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/10/10/will-lasers-brighten-nuclears-future/comment-page-1/#comment-658</link>
		<dc:creator>Craigslist verified accounts</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m not big on commenting, but nice post.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not big on commenting, but nice post.</p>
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		<title>Comment on How to fix global warming and gain energy security by Craigslist verified accounts</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2009/02/09/how-to-fix-global-warming-and-gain-energy-security/comment-page-1/#comment-657</link>
		<dc:creator>Craigslist verified accounts</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m not one to comment often, but nice post. I appreciate the time you put into it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not one to comment often, but nice post. I appreciate the time you put into it.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Representative Rush Holt&#8217;s Statement at AAAS by I Kadar</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2009/02/20/representative-rush-holts-statement-at-aaas/comment-page-1/#comment-654</link>
		<dc:creator>I Kadar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New technologies by their very newness require additional information for the general public as well as congress to comprehend their consequences. The restoration of the OTA is essential.
Also, how about restoring the R&amp;D tax credit??? Few laws have done more to stimulate technological advancement.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New technologies by their very newness require additional information for the general public as well as congress to comprehend their consequences. The restoration of the OTA is essential.<br />
Also, how about restoring the R&amp;D tax credit??? Few laws have done more to stimulate technological advancement.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Representative Rush Holt&#8217;s Statement at AAAS by Dr. A. Choice</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2009/02/20/representative-rush-holts-statement-at-aaas/comment-page-1/#comment-653</link>
		<dc:creator>Dr. A. Choice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Absolutely on target. Congress, where it concerns emerging technologies, are in a fossilized state. On ein which mature and aged minds of their membership are vaguely aquatinted with issues like email, social networks etc., John McCain pointed out his ignorance of email while campaigning. It to a young president to seize on these technologies and to use them in a profound way to effect the direction of the country. Congress is for the people and therefore they need to make &quot;INFORMED&quot; decisions based on fact not fiction so having no organisation dedicated to providing how best to harness 21st Century technology is like planting your head in the sand and &quot;hoping&quot; that everything will be alright in a world where Cyber Terrorism is not only possible but probable! A world in which we will become more and more dependant on using to pass around our personal data. There is a urgent need for an organisation like OTA. Congress needs to examine the Bush legacy of anti science, which brings to mind the anti intellectual purge akin to Pol Pot in Vietnam. The peoples house has to do what is in the interest of the people, not in the intrest of the limitations in technological advances and process of their elected individuals who need to be embarrassed into the 21st century. knowledge is indeed power!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Absolutely on target. Congress, where it concerns emerging technologies, are in a fossilized state. On ein which mature and aged minds of their membership are vaguely aquatinted with issues like email, social networks etc., John McCain pointed out his ignorance of email while campaigning. It to a young president to seize on these technologies and to use them in a profound way to effect the direction of the country. Congress is for the people and therefore they need to make &#8220;INFORMED&#8221; decisions based on fact not fiction so having no organisation dedicated to providing how best to harness 21st Century technology is like planting your head in the sand and &#8220;hoping&#8221; that everything will be alright in a world where Cyber Terrorism is not only possible but probable! A world in which we will become more and more dependant on using to pass around our personal data. There is a urgent need for an organisation like OTA. Congress needs to examine the Bush legacy of anti science, which brings to mind the anti intellectual purge akin to Pol Pot in Vietnam. The peoples house has to do what is in the interest of the people, not in the intrest of the limitations in technological advances and process of their elected individuals who need to be embarrassed into the 21st century. knowledge is indeed power!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Trade-In a Gas-Guzzler for an Electric Car This Earth Day at ZAP by how to donate a car</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/04/21/trade-in-a-gas-guzzler-for-an-electric-car-this-earth-day-at-zap/comment-page-1/#comment-650</link>
		<dc:creator>how to donate a car</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it a good time to be doing this now?]]></description>
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		<title>Comment on Will lasers brighten nuclear&#8217;s future? by Samantha Lamb</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/10/10/will-lasers-brighten-nuclears-future/comment-page-1/#comment-642</link>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Lamb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This idea seems interesting, but I am worried about proliferation.]]></description>
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		<title>Comment on OTA on Financial Services Industry by Victoria Talley</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/10/23/flash-from-the-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-641</link>
		<dc:creator>Victoria Talley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[yes the legal system will allways seem to be one step behined when it comes to things like this.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yes the legal system will allways seem to be one step behined when it comes to things like this.</p>
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		<title>Comment on OTA on Financial Services Industry by 1stmoney</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/10/23/flash-from-the-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-638</link>
		<dc:creator>1stmoney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[haha ^^ nice, is there a section to follow the RSS feed]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>haha ^^ nice, is there a section to follow the RSS feed</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Bleeding Edge: Tech Predictions for 2009 by Greg</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2009/02/10/the-bleeding-edge-tech-predictions-for-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-635</link>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This position would be very good for the hill, but only if they are connected at the hip with the FBI, DOJ, FCC, DHS and DOD.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This position would be very good for the hill, but only if they are connected at the hip with the FBI, DOJ, FCC, DHS and DOD.</p>
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		<title>Comment on OTA Library by Document of the Day: The Technology Assessment Act of 1972, December 19, 1972 at OTA Archive</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/otareports/ota-library/comment-page-1/#comment-632</link>
		<dc:creator>Document of the Day: The Technology Assessment Act of 1972, December 19, 1972 at OTA Archive</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] report is part of a growing colletion of historic documents found  here in the OTA Library.      &#171; The Bleeding Edge: Tech Predictions for [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] report is part of a growing colletion of historic documents found  here in the OTA Library.      &laquo; The Bleeding Edge: Tech Predictions for [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on America, War, and the Economy by noxtheking</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/08/19/america-war-and-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-631</link>
		<dc:creator>noxtheking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;strong&gt;noxtheking...&lt;/strong&gt;

Have you been blogging long? %TTITLE% is a great blog, you have a great writing style too.  Found this post last Sunday and i&#039;ve been reading your blog since.  I&#039;ve subscribed to your RSS feed and I am excited for more quality posts like this one :)...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>noxtheking&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Have you been blogging long? %TTITLE% is a great blog, you have a great writing style too.  Found this post last Sunday and i&#8217;ve been reading your blog since.  I&#8217;ve subscribed to your RSS feed and I am excited for more quality posts like this one <img src='http://ota-cdn.fas.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> &#8230;</p>
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		<title>Comment on Top Five Animal Care Stocks by Erica</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/02/10/top-five-animal-care-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-629</link>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good article...this information is very useful for investors.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good article&#8230;this information is very useful for investors.</p>
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		<title>Comment on AAAS To Hold Session About Reinstating OTA by The Smug Baldy Speaks</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2009/01/16/aaas-to-hold-session-about-reinstating-ota/comment-page-1/#comment-630</link>
		<dc:creator>The Smug Baldy Speaks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.smugbaldy.com/2009/02/02/aaas-session-on-reinstating-the-congressional-office-of-technology-assessment/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AAAS Session on Reinstating the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
Last July, I wrote a little bit in favor of bringing back the congressional Office of Techchnological Assessment, or OTA. This was the non-partisan, scientific advisory body that was eliminated in 1995 by Newt Gingrich and other newly empowered republ…]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.smugbaldy.com/2009/02/02/aaas-session-on-reinstating-the-congressional-office-of-technology-assessment/" rel="nofollow"><strong>AAAS Session on Reinstating the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment</strong></a><br />
Last July, I wrote a little bit in favor of bringing back the congressional Office of Techchnological Assessment, or OTA. This was the non-partisan, scientific advisory body that was eliminated in 1995 by Newt Gingrich and other newly empowered republ…</p>
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		<title>Comment on Vilification of Bovine Growth Hormone is Udderly Unwarranted by Jerry Russ</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/12/11/vilification-of-bovine-growth-hormone-is-udderly-unwarranted/comment-page-1/#comment-627</link>
		<dc:creator>Jerry Russ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it is said the the milk and meat of treated cows is not affectd by this hormone, is that to include that there is no trace of the hormone in the products being ingested by the consumer?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When it is said the the milk and meat of treated cows is not affectd by this hormone, is that to include that there is no trace of the hormone in the products being ingested by the consumer?</p>
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		<title>Comment on OTA on Financial Services Industry by Si Gardener</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/10/23/flash-from-the-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-626</link>
		<dc:creator>Si Gardener</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The problem with regulating finance is similar to that of that of regulating the internet,  the legal system is simply too slow to react to any rapid changing environment.

Sad - but true]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The problem with regulating finance is similar to that of that of regulating the internet,  the legal system is simply too slow to react to any rapid changing environment.</p>
<p>Sad &#8211; but true</p>
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		<title>Comment on OTA on Financial Services Industry by basics of commodity trading</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/10/23/flash-from-the-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-625</link>
		<dc:creator>basics of commodity trading</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m almost positive that the regulatory structure is lagging far behind the development of new products to facilitate derivatives trading, especially on a global scale. The likelihood of corruption and people developing ways to &quot;game&quot; the current system is as sure as the profits they&#039;ll be making.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m almost positive that the regulatory structure is lagging far behind the development of new products to facilitate derivatives trading, especially on a global scale. The likelihood of corruption and people developing ways to &#8220;game&#8221; the current system is as sure as the profits they&#8217;ll be making.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Alert! Call on your Reps and Senators to Restore the Office of Technology Assessment by Darlene</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/12/10/alert-call-on-your-reps-and-senators-to-restore-the-office-of-technology-assessment/comment-page-1/#comment-615</link>
		<dc:creator>Darlene</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fas.org/ota/?p=232#comment-615</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This very issue, with a twist, is being discussed on this facebook page. Come join the discussion!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39385247687

Darlene]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This very issue, with a twist, is being discussed on this facebook page. Come join the discussion!<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39385247687" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39385247687</a></p>
<p>Darlene</p>
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		<title>Comment on Technology-dependent children by Jill Peacock RN, MSN</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/08/14/technology-dependent-children/comment-page-1/#comment-590</link>
		<dc:creator>Jill Peacock RN, MSN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fas.org/ota/?p=194#comment-590</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I would appreciate speaking with anyone who has already developed or would like to begin developing a data collection network that could track the number of ventilator dependent children in the United States.  This information could serve many purposes in the clinical arena and quite policy in the area of policy development. 

These children and their families may be low in numbers but are high in cost.  Most importantly, they are living in communities (just like yours and mine) all over the country, frequently clinging on to what little &quot;normalcy&quot; life offers them.  

I look forward to hearing from you.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would appreciate speaking with anyone who has already developed or would like to begin developing a data collection network that could track the number of ventilator dependent children in the United States.  This information could serve many purposes in the clinical arena and quite policy in the area of policy development. </p>
<p>These children and their families may be low in numbers but are high in cost.  Most importantly, they are living in communities (just like yours and mine) all over the country, frequently clinging on to what little &#8220;normalcy&#8221; life offers them.  </p>
<p>I look forward to hearing from you.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Document of the day: losses from friendly fire can be reduced by Armen</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/08/21/document-of-the-day-friendly-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-578</link>
		<dc:creator>Armen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fas.org/ota/?p=203#comment-578</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Interestingly was, but there is someone who does not quite agree with the author?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interestingly was, but there is someone who does not quite agree with the author?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Recycling is bad mmmmkay by victoria</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/03/22/recycling-is-bad-mmmmkay/comment-page-1/#comment-550</link>
		<dc:creator>victoria</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://otaarchive.org/?p=51#comment-550</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[hi]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hi</p>
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		<title>Comment on Science Debate 2008- what do the candidates think about OTA? by hullio</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/02/10/science-debate-2008-what-do-the-candidates-think-about-ota/comment-page-1/#comment-549</link>
		<dc:creator>hullio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://otaarchive.org/?p=14#comment-549</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[huh?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>huh?</p>
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		<title>Comment on From the Archive &#8211; Energy, Part 1 by OTA on Energy, Part 3 at OTA Archive</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/08/05/from-the-archive-energy-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-537</link>
		<dc:creator>OTA on Energy, Part 3 at OTA Archive</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fas.org/ota/?p=187#comment-537</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[...] part of our feature on OTA documents related to energy policy (click here for part 1 and here for part 2) we highlight four more reports that discuss emerging [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] part of our feature on OTA documents related to energy policy (click here for part 1 and here for part 2) we highlight four more reports that discuss emerging [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on From the Archive &#8211; Energy, Part 1 by OTA on Energy, Part 4 at OTA Archive</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/08/05/from-the-archive-energy-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-536</link>
		<dc:creator>OTA on Energy, Part 4 at OTA Archive</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fas.org/ota/?p=187#comment-536</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[...] arctic and off the coast of the continental U.S. Our posts from earlier in the week are available here, here, and [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] arctic and off the coast of the continental U.S. Our posts from earlier in the week are available here, here, and [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Thirteenth Anniversary by Barbara Linkins</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/10/03/thirteenth-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-507</link>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Linkins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fas.org/ota/?p=213#comment-507</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I think of the many acquaintance made during my time with OTA and I just can&#039;t believe it has been 13 years!!  I access D.C. websites and stay up on most of the Hill news from the desert here at the base of Superstition Mts in Gold Canyon, AZ and note the many references to OTA.  What an experience!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think of the many acquaintance made during my time with OTA and I just can&#8217;t believe it has been 13 years!!  I access D.C. websites and stay up on most of the Hill news from the desert here at the base of Superstition Mts in Gold Canyon, AZ and note the many references to OTA.  What an experience!!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Thirteenth Anniversary by denise dougherty</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/10/03/thirteenth-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-505</link>
		<dc:creator>denise dougherty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fas.org/ota/?p=213#comment-505</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi Ellen -- nice to see your post, and wonderful to see our connections still go on.   not a day goes by when i don&#039;t think about ota.   Best, Denise.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Ellen &#8212; nice to see your post, and wonderful to see our connections still go on.   not a day goes by when i don&#8217;t think about ota.   Best, Denise.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Thirteenth Anniversary by Carlto Agee</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/10/03/thirteenth-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-498</link>
		<dc:creator>Carlto Agee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fas.org/ota/?p=213#comment-498</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Office Of Technology Assessments will always be remembered why not have a party?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Office Of Technology Assessments will always be remembered why not have a party?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Thirteenth Anniversary by Joan D. Winston</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/10/03/thirteenth-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-497</link>
		<dc:creator>Joan D. Winston</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fas.org/ota/?p=213#comment-497</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For me, it seems like yesterday and it also seems like several lifetimes ago.  Few ghost organizations inspire such continuing passion on the part of its participants, there is a reason for OTA being one of these.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For me, it seems like yesterday and it also seems like several lifetimes ago.  Few ghost organizations inspire such continuing passion on the part of its participants, there is a reason for OTA being one of these.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Thirteenth Anniversary by Carl Nash</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/10/03/thirteenth-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-496</link>
		<dc:creator>Carl Nash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fas.org/ota/?p=213#comment-496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I presume it would be bad luck (as if we needed any more) to have a thirteenth anniversary party . . . .]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I presume it would be bad luck (as if we needed any more) to have a thirteenth anniversary party . . . .</p>
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		<title>Comment on Thirteenth Anniversary by Linda Garcia</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/10/03/thirteenth-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-495</link>
		<dc:creator>Linda Garcia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fas.org/ota/?p=213#comment-495</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems like yesterday!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It seems like yesterday!</p>
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		<title>Comment on In Memoriam: The Office of Technology Assessment, 1972-95 by Thirteenth Anniversary at OTA Archive</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/technology_assessment_and_congress/houghton/comment-page-1/#comment-494</link>
		<dc:creator>Thirteenth Anniversary at OTA Archive</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://otaarchive.org/#comment-494</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[...] issues–the issues OTA worked on–do not get solved and go away in one Congress.&#8221;   from In Memoriam: The Office of Technology Assessment, 1972-95      &#171; Document of the Day: Senator Edward Kennedy on OTA, December 31, 1974 Science, Delayed [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] issues–the issues OTA worked on–do not get solved and go away in one Congress.&#8221;   from In Memoriam: The Office of Technology Assessment, 1972-95      &laquo; Document of the Day: Senator Edward Kennedy on OTA, December 31, 1974 Science, Delayed [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Two videos about OTA discovered by Barry Mansfield</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/07/29/two-videos-about-ota-discovered/comment-page-1/#comment-459</link>
		<dc:creator>Barry Mansfield</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fas.org/ota/?p=182#comment-459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi i&#039;am Barry Mansfield 

I read an Article on your site which I found to be of great interest to myself and thought you might enjoy this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYcVBYeG0NY found it very interesting.

Thank you for taking the time to veiw this and I have many more Articles on my site http://www.barrymansfield.com/published-articles. 

Kindest regards&#039;
Barry Mansfield]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi i&#8217;am Barry Mansfield </p>
<p>I read an Article on your site which I found to be of great interest to myself and thought you might enjoy this one <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYcVBYeG0NY" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYcVBYeG0NY</a> found it very interesting.</p>
<p>Thank you for taking the time to veiw this and I have many more Articles on my site <a href="http://www.barrymansfield.com/published-articles" rel="nofollow">http://www.barrymansfield.com/published-articles</a>. </p>
<p>Kindest regards&#8217;<br />
Barry Mansfield</p>
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		<title>Comment on America, War, and the Economy by Kent Bergmann</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/08/19/america-war-and-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-374</link>
		<dc:creator>Kent Bergmann</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fas.org/ota/?p=197#comment-374</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[wow.  I didn&#039;t know you could put that many commas in a number.
Is that Ron Paul guy still around?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>wow.  I didn&#8217;t know you could put that many commas in a number.<br />
Is that Ron Paul guy still around?</p>
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		<title>Comment on From the Archive &#8211; Energy, Part 1 by Bookmarks about Synthetic</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/08/05/from-the-archive-energy-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-201</link>
		<dc:creator>Bookmarks about Synthetic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fas.org/ota/?p=187#comment-201</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[...] - bookmarked by 2 members originally found by BeardedDave on 2008-08-09  From the Archive - Energy, Part 1  http://fas.org/ota/2008/08/05/from-the-archive-energy-part-1/ - bookmarked by 1 members originally [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] &#8211; bookmarked by 2 members originally found by BeardedDave on 2008-08-09  From the Archive &#8211; Energy, Part 1  <a href="http://fas.org/ota/2008/08/05/from-the-archive-energy-part-1/" rel="nofollow">http://fas.org/ota/2008/08/05/from-the-archive-energy-part-1/</a> &#8211; bookmarked by 1 members originally [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on OTA Library by Document of the Day: Senator Edward Kennedy on OTA, December 31, 1974 at OTA Archive</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/otareports/ota-library/comment-page-1/#comment-165</link>
		<dc:creator>Document of the Day: Senator Edward Kennedy on OTA, December 31, 1974 at OTA Archive</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fas.org/ota/?page_id=208#comment-165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[...] is the first in a series of material from the OTA library. You can also find today&#8217;s document here on the OTA library page. Check back regularly as we add to this section of the site.      &#171; Document of the Day: OTA [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] is the first in a series of material from the OTA library. You can also find today&#8217;s document here on the OTA library page. Check back regularly as we add to this section of the site.      &laquo; Document of the Day: OTA [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on OTA Newsletters by Document of the Day: OTA newsletters at OTA Archive</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/otareports/ota-newsletters/comment-page-1/#comment-157</link>
		<dc:creator>Document of the Day: OTA newsletters at OTA Archive</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fas.org/ota/?page_id=206#comment-157</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[...] see at all nine editions of the OTA Newsletter click here.      &#171; OTA [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] see at all nine editions of the OTA Newsletter click here.      &laquo; OTA [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Report Briefs by Document of the day: losses from friendly fire can be reduced at OTA Archive</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/otareports/report-briefs/comment-page-1/#comment-86</link>
		<dc:creator>Document of the day: losses from friendly fire can be reduced at OTA Archive</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fas.org/ota/?page_id=202#comment-86</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[...] report briefs will be posted on this page in the coming days.      &#171; Document of the Day: OTA releases survey results on genetic tests [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] report briefs will be posted on this page in the coming days.      &laquo; Document of the Day: OTA releases survey results on genetic tests [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Press Advisories by Document of the Day: OTA releases survey results on genetic tests and health insurance at OTA Archive</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/otareports/press-advisories/comment-page-1/#comment-68</link>
		<dc:creator>Document of the Day: OTA releases survey results on genetic tests and health insurance at OTA Archive</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fas.org/ota/?page_id=199#comment-68</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[...] press advisory is one of eight newly available documents released in the summer and fall of 1992. Click here to check them out. We&#8217;d be happy to collect and scan any other similar documents if anyone has them.      [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] press advisory is one of eight newly available documents released in the summer and fall of 1992. Click here to check them out. We&#8217;d be happy to collect and scan any other similar documents if anyone has them.      [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Subscribe by Welcome to the OTA Archive at OTA Archive</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/email-subscription/comment-page-1/#comment-38</link>
		<dc:creator>Welcome to the OTA Archive at OTA Archive</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://otaarchive.org/?page_id=155#comment-38</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[...] Sign up [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Sign up [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on From the Archive &#8211; Energy, Part 1 by From the Archive - Energy, Part 2 at OTA Archive</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/08/05/from-the-archive-energy-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-37</link>
		<dc:creator>From the Archive - Energy, Part 2 at OTA Archive</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fas.org/ota/?p=187#comment-37</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[...] continuing our feature of OTA reports related to energy policy (for yesterday’s post click here). Here are four reports that mainly focus on energy efficiency and [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] continuing our feature of OTA reports related to energy policy (for yesterday’s post click here). Here are four reports that mainly focus on energy efficiency and [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Videos by Welcome to the OTA Archive at OTA Archive</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/video/comment-page-1/#comment-36</link>
		<dc:creator>Welcome to the OTA Archive at OTA Archive</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Video             &#171; Watch Rush Holt talk about OTA OTA Archive coverage around the web &#187; [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Video             &laquo; Watch Rush Holt talk about OTA OTA Archive coverage around the web &raquo; [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Two videos about OTA discovered by Susie Bachtel</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/07/29/two-videos-about-ota-discovered/comment-page-1/#comment-35</link>
		<dc:creator>Susie Bachtel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Nate - I have several more OTA-videos e.g., first Employee Achievement Awards and also a DVD set of from the OTA Forum on Technology and Governance in January 1993 that I have now converted from VHS format. If someone is interested posting them on YouTube that would be great; however each is about 45-50 min. lomg. But they are great - Gro Harlem Brundtland, Laura Tyson, McNamara, and more.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Nate &#8211; I have several more OTA-videos e.g., first Employee Achievement Awards and also a DVD set of from the OTA Forum on Technology and Governance in January 1993 that I have now converted from VHS format. If someone is interested posting them on YouTube that would be great; however each is about 45-50 min. lomg. But they are great &#8211; Gro Harlem Brundtland, Laura Tyson, McNamara, and more.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Two videos about OTA discovered by Gerald Epstein</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/07/29/two-videos-about-ota-discovered/comment-page-1/#comment-25</link>
		<dc:creator>Gerald Epstein</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The videos were posted by Peter Blair, who had been OTA&#039;s Assistant Director and head of its Industry, Commerce, and International Security Division (and before that Program Manager for the Energy and Materials Program).  They were typically shown at the first meeting of each OTA study&#039;s Advisory Panel to explain what OTA was and how it worked.

Advisory Panels consisted of policy and technical experts and stakeholders that would be formed for each major study to serve as information sources and reviewers and to help ensure technical accuracy and balance.  They would meet several times over the course of a study to discuss the overall structure and direction of a study, to evaluate progress as the study proceeded, and to review the final drafts.  However, they did not take responsibility for the report itself and were not asked to come to consensus.  In fact, they were typically selected to have a diversity of viewpoints that would make consensus impossible.  OTA reports would identify and thank Advisory Panel members but would indicate that the views expressed in the study were not necessarily those of the Advisory Panel members.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The videos were posted by Peter Blair, who had been OTA&#8217;s Assistant Director and head of its Industry, Commerce, and International Security Division (and before that Program Manager for the Energy and Materials Program).  They were typically shown at the first meeting of each OTA study&#8217;s Advisory Panel to explain what OTA was and how it worked.</p>
<p>Advisory Panels consisted of policy and technical experts and stakeholders that would be formed for each major study to serve as information sources and reviewers and to help ensure technical accuracy and balance.  They would meet several times over the course of a study to discuss the overall structure and direction of a study, to evaluate progress as the study proceeded, and to review the final drafts.  However, they did not take responsibility for the report itself and were not asked to come to consensus.  In fact, they were typically selected to have a diversity of viewpoints that would make consensus impossible.  OTA reports would identify and thank Advisory Panel members but would indicate that the views expressed in the study were not necessarily those of the Advisory Panel members.</p>
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		<title>Comment on When Technology Betrays Us by Darlene Cavalier</title>
		<link>http://ota.fas.org/2008/05/21/when-technology-betrays-us/comment-page-1/#comment-8</link>
		<dc:creator>Darlene Cavalier</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 16:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks, Nate, for referencing my article posted on ScienceCheerleader.com  I&#039;ve started a petition as a fun way to get people thinking about the reopening of the OTA. If your members of interested in signing it, the link is located at the top right-side of the navigation bar at www.sciencecheerleader.com . I&#039;d also like to hear from members of the Federation of American Scientists--do they want a better version of the OTA reopened, one which includes public participation in discussions of science policy? I&#039;m in the process of writing a piece for scienceprogress.org on the reopening of the OTA.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Nate, for referencing my article posted on ScienceCheerleader.com  I&#8217;ve started a petition as a fun way to get people thinking about the reopening of the OTA. If your members of interested in signing it, the link is located at the top right-side of the navigation bar at <a href="http://www.sciencecheerleader.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.sciencecheerleader.com</a> . I&#8217;d also like to hear from members of the Federation of American Scientists&#8211;do they want a better version of the OTA reopened, one which includes public participation in discussions of science policy? I&#8217;m in the process of writing a piece for scienceprogress.org on the reopening of the OTA.</p>
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