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Technical Memoranda
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The Implications of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Medical Technology
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OTA background papers
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AIDS-related issues. Staff paper
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Impact of Advanced Air Transport Technology
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Aid to developing countries: the technology/ecology fit
This report focuses primarily on AID and to a lesser extent on the World Bank. AID and the World Bank have made the most observable efforts to integrate environmental and development concerns.
Date:
June 1987
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Border war on drugs
A report on smuggling of illegal drugs into the United States is a problem of serious proportions. The three major drugs of foreign source—cocaine, heroin, and marijuana-are the products traded by an enormous criminal enterprise whose retail sales total approximately $50 billion annually. Federal efforts to stop or deter international narcotics trafficking have met with only limited success.
Date:
March 1987
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Commercial newsgathering from space
This technical memorandum concludes that although the technology is available to create a mediasat system, the high cost and current low demand for remotely sensed data will limit media efforts to own and operate a dedicated remote sensing satellite system.
Date:
May 1987
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Costs of AIDS and other HIV infections: review of the estimates
A report on analyzes the reasons behind widely divergent estimates of the costs associated with AIDS. Because of the great variation in methods used, the results are not strictly comparable across studies.
Date:
May 1987
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defending secrets, sharing data: new locks and keys for electronic information
This report examines Federal policies directed at protecting information, particularly in electronic communications systems.
Date:
October 1987
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Do Insects Transmit AIDS?
In this report: 1) the evidence for the possibility of insect transmission of HIV infection is summarized, and 2) areas for further investigation are identified.
Date:
September 1987
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Electronic supervisor: new technology, new tensions
This report deals with the use of computer-based technologies to measure how fast or how accurately employees work. New computer-based office systems are giving employers new ways to supervise job performance and control employees’ use of telephones, but such systems are also controversial because they generate such detailed information about the employees they monitor.
Date:
September 1987
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Identifying and regulating carcinogens
This background paper was requested by the House Government Operations Committee and its Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources. In it, OTA describes policies issued by Federal agencies concerning the identification, assessment, and regulation of carcinogenic chemicals; the chemicals that have been regulated because of carcinogenic risk; the Federal Government’s carcinogenicity testing program; and the results of OTA’s analysis of the extent of agency action on chemicals determined to be carcinogenic.
Date:
November 1987
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congress for 1979
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 1980
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of Oil Shale Technologies—Vol. II: A History and Analysis of the Federal Prototype Oil Shale Leasing Program
The report includes discussions of political, economic, environmental, and energy-related factors that affected both the 1968 leasing attempt and its successor—the current Prototype Program. The Program’s goals are identified, and its progress and status are examined to determine if those goals have been met or are likely to be met in the foreseeable future.
Date:
July 1980
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technology and Aging in America
A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "discusses five chronic conditions that severely affect older persons-osteoarthritis, dementia, osteoporosis, hearing impairments, and urinary incontinence" (p. iii).
Date:
June 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technology, Public Policy, and the Changing Structure of American Agriculture: A Special Report for the 1985 Farm Bill
Results of a study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that analyzes "relationships between emerging agricultural technologies, public policy, and structural change in the farm sector" (p. iii).
Date:
March 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Health Technology Case Study 35: The Effectiveness and Costs of Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD)
A case study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) over continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) as a treatment for end-stage renal disease (p. 3).
Date:
September 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Soviet Cooperation in Space
A technical memorandum by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) intended to help broadly implement Public Law 98-562, which support a renewing of cooperation in space with the U.S.S.R.
Date:
July 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Alternatives to Animal Use in Research, Testing, and Education
An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "analyzes the scientific, regulatory, economic, legal, and ethical considerations involved in alternative technologies in biomedical and behavioral research, toxicity testing, and education" (p. iii).
Date:
February 1986
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Assessing Biological Diversity in the United States: Data Considerations: Background Paper 2
A background paper by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "outlines how data can be used in maintaining biological diversity: describes primarily the Federal institutions that collect biological data; provides an overview of existing Federal biological databases; discusses technical aspects of collecting, storing, and retrieving biological data; and suggests ways to improve biological databases so that they can be better used to help maintain diversity of this Nation's plant and animal life" (Preface).
Date:
March 1986
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Children's Mental Health: Problems and Services: Background Paper
A background paper by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) over the mental health problems of children and adolescents and the need for appropriateness of mental health services.
Date:
December 1986
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
New Electric Power Technologies: Problems and Prospects for the 1990s
A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that analyzes "a range of new electric power generating, storage, and load management technologies" (p. iii).
Date:
July 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oil and Gas Technologies for the Arctic and Deepwater
A study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "explores the range of technologies required for exploration and development of offshore energy resources and assesses associated economic factors and financial risks" (p. iii).
Date:
May 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
System:
The UNT Digital Library