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Electronic Surveillance in a Digital Age
This background paper reviews the progress of the industry and the law enforcement agencies in implementing the Act since its approval in October 1994.
Date:
July 1995
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Big Picture: HDTV and High-Resolution Systems
A report on High Definition Television (HDTV. During 1989, HDTV moved from obscurity to center stage in the ongoing debate over the role of the Federal Government in U.S. industrial competitiveness. HDTV and related High-Resolution System (HRS) technologies in the computer and communications sectors may significantly impact U.S. electronics manufacturing, accelerate fundamental restructuring of the U.S. communications infrastructure, and provide a host of valuable services.
Date:
June 1990
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The 1992 World Administrative Radio Conference: Issues for U.S. International Spectrum Policy
This report examines the U.S. preparations process for WARC-92, highlighting efforts to integrate the needs and concerns of various interest groups. It also reviews the forces and trends affecting the United States as it approaches WARC-92, and is intended to inform future congressional oversight of the domestic and international radio communication policy process.
Date:
November 1991
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Banks and International Telecommunications
This background paper on U.S. banks is one of several case studies prepared as part of a huger assessment of International Telecommunications Networks and U.S.-European Trade in Services.
Date:
October 1992
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Global Communications: Opportunities for Trade and Aid
This report examines the question of how telecommunication related aid policies might be designed to support both United States trade and foreign aid goals.
Date:
September 1995
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Impact of Legal Reforms on Medical Malpractice Costs
This report discusses the indirect cost of medical malpractice, commonly referred to as “defensive medicine,” that may add to overall health care costs. The cost of defensive medicine remains unknown and is subject to much speculation because there are no sound empirical data.
Date:
September 1993
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Managing Industrial Solid Wastes From Manufacturing, Mining, Oil and Gas Production, and Utility Coal Combustion
This background paper examines wastes generated by industrial activities that play a dominant role in our national economy-oil and gas production, mining and mineral processing, coal combustion, and manufacturing. In previous reports on municipal solid waste and medical waste, OTA examined other solid wastes not classified as hazardous.
Date:
March 1992
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Adult Literacy and New Technologies: Tools for a Lifetime
Adult education needs are difficult to define and difficult to meet; what constitutes adequate literacy changes continually as the demands facing individuals grow more complex. This report is an attempt to identify those capabilities, along with limitations, and outline how new information technologies can be marshaled to meet the goal of a fully literate citizenry.
Date:
July 1993
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library