by jpitney | Jun 4, 2021 | Congress, Deliberation, Technology
M. Anthony Mills at National Review: The OTA was designed to help Congress legislate more effectively in these technical policy areas and to hold accountable the executive-branch agencies charged with science and technology policy-making. What early advocates of...
by jpitney | May 9, 2020 | Congress, Technology
Zach Graves at LegBranch.org writes on a new CRS report about the Office of Technology Assessment: The report looks at the pros and cons of five different approaches Congress could take: Reestablish OTA Without Changes to Its Statute Reestablish OTA with Changes to...
by jpitney | Dec 18, 2019 | Congress, Deliberation, Technology, Uncategorized
M. Anthony Mills at LegBranch.org: Political momentum is building to revive the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), a congressional agency that once provided lawmakers with nonpartisan technical expertise. Presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Yang...
