Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress, science, technology, policy
By Marianne Lavelle | US News and World Report, Beyond the Barrel blog | March 13, 2008
Ms. Lavalle discusses cost estimates associated with policies to mitigate climate change. She references a “long forgotten study” by OTA and mentions how it’s hard to find the reports online. Don’t worry- we’re working to change that!
By Casey McConnell | Qi BioEnergy Blog | posted March 10, 2008
This author is promoting energy produced from biomass (in particular, energy produced by his company). He sites this 1980 OTA report in his article about the potential of this type of fuel.
By Dan Greenberg | The Chronicle Review | March 9, 2008
An article about politics, science, and the 2008 presidential election. The elimination of the OTA in 1995 is cited as evidence of the decreasing influence of science in politics.
By Science Cheerleader | Spring 2008
The Science Cheerleader wants to bring back OTA- with a twist. Click here to find out more.
By Kate Wing | February 22, 2008 | NRDC Switchboard
Kate Wing discusses unintentional species invasions. Along the way, she reminisces about OTA- “I’ve dug out my well-worn copy of “Harmful non-indigenous species in the U.S.” from my thesis work. Ah, the old Office of Technology Assessment. Sure would be handy to have a non-partisan agency using science to look at technologies these days, but I digress.”
By Alan Boyle | February 19, 2008
Another commentary about the science debate between representatives from the Clinton and Obama campaigns at the AAAS annual meeting in Boston. Re-opening the Office of Technology Assessment was among the topics discussed.