 | United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment - 1979 - 56 pages
...technology calls for exploration of the physical, biological, economic, social, and political impacts which can result from applications of scientific knowledge....Board. The Technology Assessment Board is composed oTsix members of the House, six members of the Senate, and the OTA Director, who is a nonvoting member.... | |
 | 1981 - 350 pages
...beneficial and harmful—of technological applications. Requests for studies are roads .b<!'"rtfairmen of standing committees of the House of Representatives...Technology Assessment Board, the governing body of QTA;:or by the Director of OTA in consultation with the Board. The Technology Assessment Board is composed... | |
 | 1986 - 86 pages
...provides Congress with independent and timely information about the potential effects— both benefit ial and harmful— of technological applications. Requests...Assessment Board, the governing body of OTA; or by the Dueoti)r of OTA in consultation with the Board. The Technology Assessment Hoard is composed of six... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 1991 - 956 pages
...in 1972 as an analytical arm of Congress. OTA's basic function is to help legislative polii-ymakers anticipate and plan for the consequences of technological...of the House of Representatives or Senate; by the Technolog) Assessment Board, the governing body of OTA; or by the Director of OTA in consultation with... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 1991 - 964 pages
...technological changes and to examine the many ways, expected and unexpected, in which technologyaffects people's lives. The assessment of technology calls...of the House of Representatives or Senate; by the Technolog) Assessment Board, the governing body of OTA; or by the Director of OTA in consultation with... | |
 | 1995 - 256 pages
...technological applications. Requests for studies are made by chairmen and ranking minority members of standing committees of the House of Representatives...Assessment Board is composed of six members of the Mouse, six members of the Senate, and the OTA Director, who is a nonvoting member. OTA has studies... | |
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... people's lives. The assessment of technology calls for exploration of the physical, biological, economic, social, and political impacts that can result from applications of scientific knowledge. OTA provides Congress with independent and timely information... 