Science’s Political Invisibility

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.

Re-Open the OTA (with citizen input) – Sign the Petition!

By Science Cheerleader | Spring 2008

The Science Cheerleader wants to bring back OTA- with a twist. Click here to find out more.

 

Invading armies, travelling on your belly

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.”

The Surrogate Science Debate

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.


The Boston Debate

By Sheril R. Kirshenbaum | February 18, 2008

Sheril blogs about the science debate held at the AAAS national meeting in Boston. Representatives from the Clinton and Obama campaigns presented the positions of their candidate on various science topics.

Bring Back the Office of Technology Assessment

by tangledwing | February 18, 2008

Another call to bring back OTA. The post has specific references to the article by Laura Kahn and a blog post from September 2007 by Mark Hoofnagle.