Documents about OTA, technology assessment, and office business
1970 – 1979
Technology Assessment and Citizen Action. By Ellis Mottur, Professional Seminar Series on Technology Assessment, George Washington University, May 26, 1970
Public Technology: A Tool for Solving National Problems. Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental Science Relations to the Federal Council for Science and Technology, Executive Office of the President, May 1972
The Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (P.L. 92-484) by Walter A. Hahn and Rosemary A. Chalk, Congressional Research Service, December 19, 1972
An Overview of Proposed Legislation in the 93rd Congress which involves the Office of Technology Assessment. By Rosemary Chalk, Congressional Research Service, September 5, 1974
Public Participation and Technology Assessment: A Survey of the Legislative History of the Office of Technology Assessment. By Rosemary Chalk, Congressional Research Service, September 18, 1974
Senator Edward M. Kennedy says Office of Technology Assessment a promising tool in shaping Nation’s technology needs. (December 31, 1974)
Letter from Rep. Charles Mosher to Speaker of the House Carl Albert on the early progress of OTA. January 27, 1975
Remarks by OTA Director Emilio Daddario for the CBS-TV program “Science and Society: A Humanistic View”. April 21, 1975.
Public participation document- Oceans Assessment. Summer 1975
Review of the Office of Technology Assessment Activities. By LeRoy Pagano, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Winter Annual Meeting, Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 1975
OTA: mixing technology with national goals. By Emilio Daddario, Civil Engineering-ASCE, p 78-81, December 1975
Supply and Demand for Analysis on Capitol Hill. By Allen Schick, Policy Analysis, v.2, p 215-234, Spring 1976
Technology Assessment: Legal and Policy Implications. Jurimetrics Journal, v.16, n.3, p 157-200, Spring 1976
Public Participation memo from Director Daddario and public participation committee minutes. March 8, 1977.
Public participation of coastal effects assessment. Memo and committee recommendations, Spring 1977
Looking back from the year 2000. Speech by Acting Director Russell Peterson, Aspen Institute, August 8, 1977
Peterson Accepts Directorship. Memo, November 18, 1977
Citizen involvement-public participation. Memo from Director Peterson to OTA staff, July 26, 1978
Public participation activties announcement. Memo from Director Peterson to OTA staff, October 25, 1978
Administrative Guidelines for OTA Employees. December 1978
What it is, What it does, How it works. Pamphlet about OTA, December 1979
1980 – 1989
Remarks on R&D in an inflationary environment. By Director John Gibbons, June 20, 1980
Congress and Technology: Facing up to the Realities of Finiteness. Government Executive, September 1980
Technology Assessment Methodology and Management Practices
Report On Task Force Findings and Recommendations. by the OTA Task Force on TA Methodology and Management, August 13, 1980
Director’s Response to Recommendations of the OTA Task Force on TA Methodology and Management, Memo from John H. Gibbons, December 9, 1980
Notes and Comments on Staff Discussion of Task Force on TA Methodology and Management. Memo from Fred Wood, December 14, 1979
Phase I Survey Results: Draft Papers Prepared for the Task Force on TA Methodology and Management, April 10, 1980
Results of Contractor Research on TA Methodology, Memo from Fred Wood, March 9, 1981
Contractor Reports:
Technology Assessment in the Private Sector.by James D. Maloney, Jr., January, 1981
Technology Assessment in Industry. by Vary T. Coates and Thecla Fabian, January 30, 1981
A Process for Technology Assessment based on Decision Analysis. by M. W. Merkhofer, January, 1981
Technology Assessment Methodology and Management Practices. Lynne Filderman and Louis H. Mayo, DRAFT January 12, 1981
A Management Overview Methodology For Technology Assessment by Donovan and Rosenblum, February 2, 1981
Technology as Social Organization. by Todd La Porte, January 1981
A Decision Theoretic Model of Congressional Technology Assessment. A Summary of the Doctoral Dissertation by Lewis Gray, January, 1981
TAB Review of OTA Documents. Memo to TAB members, May 24, 1984
Background paper on “directed energy missile defense in space”. Three memos, June 8, 1984
What OTA is, What OTA does, How OTA works. Pamphlet about OTA, February 1985
What OTA is, What OTA does, How OTA works. Pamphlet about OTA, March 1986
No smoking policy at OTA. Memo to OTA staff, July 14, 1986
Implementation of Improvements in OTA Communications. Memo from Director Gibbons to OTA staff, March 31, 1987
Citizen participation in Technology Assessment: Practice at the Office of Technology Assessment. Research paper by Manfred Redelfs and Michael Stanke, George Washington University, Spring 1987
Report of the OTA Writing Task Force. June 1987
Employee Recognition Announcement. Memo from Director Gibbons to OTA staff, August 28, 1987
The Future of OTA. By Harvey Brooks, November 1, 1987
Future Direction of Computer Services in OTA. Memo from Director Gibbons to OTA staff, January 27, 1988
1988 OTA Employee Recognition Program. Memo announcement, February 18, 1988
Premature Release of SDI Summary. Memo from Director Gibbons to OTA staff, April 25, 1988
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