Risks to Students in School (open access)

Risks to Students in School

This report takes one critical step—identifying and commenting on the available data—that may help in developing priorities for the use of limited resources to protect children from health and safety hazards in schools.
Date: September 1995
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1994 (open access)

Annual Report to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1994

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 1995
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Office of Technology Assessment FY1994 Annual Report to Congress, March 1995 (open access)

Office of Technology Assessment FY1994 Annual Report to Congress, March 1995

The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) is a nonpartisan congressional support agency of the United States congress. OTA is charged with advising the Congress on a wide range of critical issues involving science and technology. This report to Congress is required under Sec. 11 of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972, Public Law 92-484 (see p. 55). It describes the activities of the Office in Fiscal Yaer 1994 within the context of the legislative agenda of the 103rd congress and the events in the United States and the world during 1994.
Date: March 1995
Creator: Office of Technology Assessment
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1993 (open access)

Annual Report to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1993

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 1994
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technologies Underlying Weapons of Mass Destruction (open access)

Technologies Underlying Weapons of Mass Destruction

This paper reviews the technical requirements for countries to develop and build nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, along with the systems most capable of delivering these weapons to distant or defended targets: ballistic missiles, combat aircraft, and cruise missiles.
Date: December 1993
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technologies underlying weapons of mass destruction (open access)

Technologies underlying weapons of mass destruction

This report discusses the level of technology required to produce weapons of mass destruction, the material required, and the export controls.
Date: 1993
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Menopause, Hormone Therapy, and Women's Health (open access)

The Menopause, Hormone Therapy, and Women's Health

This background paper describes what is known about the natural progression of the menopause and its effect on women’s health, hormone treatment and prescribing practices, alternative approaches, and research needs.
Date: May 1992
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dioxin Treatment Technologies (open access)

Dioxin Treatment Technologies

This paper presents the status of national efforts to cleanup dioxin-contaminated sites and the technologies that have been used, proposed, and researched. It covers thermal and nonthermal treatment techniques as well as approaches such as stabilization and storage. It discusses the development of these technologies as well as advantages and disadvantages of their use.
Date: November 1991
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, Fiscal Year 1986 (open access)

Annual Report to the Congress, Fiscal Year 1986

Annual report detailing the progress and budget of the Office of Technology Assessment.
Date: 1986
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preventing Illness and Injury in the Workplace (open access)

Preventing Illness and Injury in the Workplace

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "examines three main topics: identification of occupational hazards, including the available data on injuries and illnesses; development of control technologies for reducing or eliminating workplace hazards; and the incentives and imperatives that influence decisions to control hazards" (p. iii).
Date: April 1985
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1984 (open access)

Annual Report to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1984

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 1985
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Review of the Public Health Service's Response to AIDS (open access)

Review of the Public Health Service's Response to AIDS

A review by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of "the recent and proposed activities of the Public Health Service (PHS) in response to AIDS" and an evaluation of "the planning, resources and staffing of PHS's efforts to control AIDS" (p. iii).
Date: February 1985
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarterly Report Office of Technology Assessment, October 1 - December 1, 1984 (open access)

Quarterly Report Office of Technology Assessment, October 1 - December 1, 1984

Quarterly report detailing the budget and progress of the Office of Technology Assessment.
Date: 1985
Creator: Office of Technology Assessment
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congress: January 1 to September 30, 1983 (open access)

Annual Report to the Congress: January 1 to September 30, 1983

This report offers statements by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board, TAAC Chairman, and the Director of OTA. It also discusses OTAs work in progress, organization and operations.
Date: March 1984
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, October 1 - December 31, 1983 (open access)

Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, October 1 - December 31, 1983

This is a quarterly report detailing the budget and progress of the Office of Technology Assessment.
Date: 1984
Creator: Office of Technology Assessment
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Information Content of Premanufacture Notices (open access)

The Information Content of Premanufacture Notices

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that presents the analysis of pre-manufacture notices and "reports the results of analyzing those notices for the presence or absence of the information specified by the Toxic Substances Control Act and for other items of physical chemical and toxicity information that are useful for estimating potential health and environmental effects" (p. iii).
Date: April 1983
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 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
Technology Transfer at the National Institutes of Health: A Technical Memorandum (open access)

Technology Transfer at the National Institutes of Health: A Technical Memorandum

A study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that examines "current technology transfer and assessment activities of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)" (p. iii).
Date: March 1982
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, April 1 - June 30, 1982 (open access)

Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, April 1 - June 30, 1982

This is a quarterly report detailing the budget and progress of the Office of Technology Assessment.
Date: 1982
Creator: Office of Technology Assessment
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, July 1 - September 30, 1982 (open access)

Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, July 1 - September 30, 1982

This is a quarterly report detailing the budget and progress of the Office of Technology Assessment.
Date: 1982
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
Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, April 1 - June 30, 1981 (open access)

Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, April 1 - June 30, 1981

This is a quarterly report detailing the budget and progress of the Office of Technology Assessment.
Date: 1981
Creator: Office of Technology Assessment
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library