Alternative approaches to developing a cadre of "teacher technologists" (open access)

Alternative approaches to developing a cadre of "teacher technologists"

This report discusses the use of technology in education of students K-12 and university.
Date: March 1988
Creator: Strange, J.H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beneath the bottom line: agricultural approaches to reduce agrichemical contamination of groundwater (open access)

Beneath the bottom line: agricultural approaches to reduce agrichemical contamination of groundwater

This report descriptively reviews findings from recent sample surveys of farmer attitudes about agricultural chemicals and groundwater quality; their practices and motivations related to chemical management; and their responses to public policy alternatives addressing this issue.
Date: March 1989
Creator: Paddgit, Steven & Wintsch, Susan J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Technology Case Study Twenty Two: The Effectiveness and Costs of Alcoholism Treatment (open access)

Health Technology Case Study Twenty Two: The Effectiveness and Costs of Alcoholism Treatment

A case study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that provides "scientific background for congressional of Medicare reimbursement for alcoholism treatment services" (p. 3).
Date: March 1983
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1985 (open access)

Annual Report to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1985

This report includes statements by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the board, TAAC Chairman, and the director of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). The report discusses the year in review regarding the work in progress, organization and operations of OTA.
Date: March 1986
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congress, Fiscal Year 1990 (open access)

Annual Report to the Congress, Fiscal Year 1990

Annual report detailing the progress and budget of the Office of Technology Assessment.
Date: March 1991
Creator: Office of Technology Assessment
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congress for 1981 (open access)

Annual Report to the Congress for 1981

This report compiled during 1981 by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) provided technical analysis of a variety of topics emphasizing its role as “shared staff’ to Congress.
Date: March 1982
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congress for 1982 (open access)

Annual Report to the Congress for 1982

This report includes statements form OTA Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Director, as well as TAAC Chairman. The report also discusses industry, commerce, and international security division, as well as health, life sciences and the environment division.
Date: March 1983
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congress, Fiscal Year 1987 (open access)

Annual Report to the Congress, Fiscal Year 1987

Annual report detailing the progress and budget of the Office of Technology Assessment.
Date: March 1988
Creator: Office of Technology Assessment
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congress for 1980 (open access)

Annual Report to the Congress for 1980

This report includes statements by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the board, TAAC Chairman, and the director of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). The report discusses the year in review regarding the work in progress, organization and operations of OTA.
Date: March 1981
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congress by the Office of Technology Assessment: March 15, 1977 (open access)

Annual Report to the Congress by the Office of Technology Assessment: March 15, 1977

This report includes statements by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the board, TAAC Chairman, and the director of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). The report discusses the year in review regarding the work in progress, organization and operations of OTA.
Date: March 1977
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congress for 1978 (open access)

Annual Report to the Congress for 1978

This report includes statements by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the board, TAAC Chairman, and the director of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). The report discusses many changes that have taken place at OTA during 1978: new quarters, new management, new organizational structure, a new method of establishing project priorities, a new ONE-PAGER digest of each report issued, greater outreach.
Date: March 1979
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Testing and Assessment in Vocational Education (open access)

Testing and Assessment in Vocational Education

The paper has six major purposes, in order to analyze the uses of tests used in vocational programs, particularly those designed to measure broad technical skills, identify trends in vocational assessment, and identify policy issues relevant to improving test development and quality.
Date: March 1994
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Psychiatric Disabilities, Employment and the Americans With Disabilities Act (open access)

Psychiatric Disabilities, Employment and the Americans With Disabilities Act

The report focuses on mental disabilities, a broad rubric. In this background paper, OTA examines current knowledge about psychiatric disabilities and employment in the context of the ADA’s requirements and reviews Federal activities directly or indirectly aimed at supporting the ADA’s employment provisions.
Date: March 1994
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Technology Assessment of Coal Slurry Pipelines (open access)

A Technology Assessment of Coal Slurry Pipelines

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) on the "possible effects on society of coal slurry pipeline development, a comparison of pipeline and unit train costs, and an analysis of relevant legal and regulatory issues" (Foreword).
Date: March 1978
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Higher Education for Science and Engineering (open access)

Higher Education for Science and Engineering

This background paper focuses on the end point of educational preparation for science and engineering careers — undergraduate and graduate study. It places the issue of future supply in the broad cultural context of changing demographics, labor market adjustments, and intervention policies.
Date: March 1989
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technology, public policy, and the changing structure of American agriculture (open access)

Technology, public policy, and the changing structure of American agriculture

This report addresses the longer run issues that technology and certain other factors will have on American agriculture during the remainder of this century. It focuses on the relationship of technology to: agricultural production, structural change, rural communities, environment and natural resource base, finance and credit, research and extension, and public policy. This report is a first step toward understanding these interrelated problems and identifying policies to ameliorate them.
Date: March 1986
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technologies to maintain biological diversity (open access)

Technologies to maintain biological diversity

The principal aim of this report is to identify and assess the technological and institutional opportunities and constraints to maintaining biological diversity in the United States and worldwide.
Date: March 1987
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library