Requirements for Fulfilling a National Materials Policy (open access)

Requirements for Fulfilling a National Materials Policy

Report from a conference focused on finding a "consensus on main themes of materials policy, and to focus national attention on the need for a strong, effective national network of materials information systems" (p. 1).
Date: {1974-08-11,1974-08-16}
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congress by the Office of Technology Assessment: March 15, 1976 (open access)

Annual Report to the Congress by the Office of Technology Assessment: March 15, 1976

This report covers the activities of the Office of Technology Assessment during calendar year 1975.
Date: March 1973
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congress by the Office of Technology Assessment: March 15, 1974 (open access)

Annual Report to the Congress by the Office of Technology Assessment: March 15, 1974

This report is intended to provide the Congress with information on the steps taken thus far by the Office of Technology Assessment, as well as general background information on the development of the Technology Assessment Act.
Date: March 1974
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Bioequivalence (open access)

Drug Bioequivalence

Report of the findings from a panel of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) regarding drug bioequivalence therapies. According to the report, the purpose of the Drug Bioequivalence Study Panel "was to examine the relationships between the chemical and therapeutic equivalence of drug products and to assess the capability of current technology -- short of therapeutic trials in man -- to determine whether drug products with the same physical and chemical composition produce comparable therapeutic effects" (p. 5).
Date: July 1974
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment. Drug Bioequivalence Study Panel.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automobile Collision Data: An Assessment of Needs and Methods of Acquisition (open access)

Automobile Collision Data: An Assessment of Needs and Methods of Acquisition

A report on evaluation of the automotive crash recorder program proposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). As the assessment progressed, the implications for automobile collision data as a “whole became apparent and the report has been so titled to provide a more accurate indication of its scope.
Date: February 17, 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congress by the Office of Technology Assessment: March 15, 1975 (open access)

Annual Report to the Congress by the Office of Technology Assessment: March 15, 1975

This report covers the activities of the Office of Technology Assessment during the year since March 15, 1974, the date of the preceding annual report, through March 15, 1975.
Date: March 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An analysis of the feasibility of separating exploration from production of oil and gas on the outer continental shelf (open access)

An analysis of the feasibility of separating exploration from production of oil and gas on the outer continental shelf

A report on an analysis done by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) on whether or not it is feasible to separate "exploration from production of oil and gas on the Outer Continental Shelf" (p. iii).
Date: May 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automated Guideway Transit: An Assessment of PRT and Other New Systems (open access)

Automated Guideway Transit: An Assessment of PRT and Other New Systems

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) assessing the Automated Guideway Transit Systems, with both detailed findings and summaries.
Date: June 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oil Transportation by Tankers: An Analysis of Marine Pollution and Safety Measures (open access)

Oil Transportation by Tankers: An Analysis of Marine Pollution and Safety Measures

A report prepared by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) presenting "a factual background on tankers and a discussion of issues related to the safety of tanker operation and the potential presented by tankers for introducing polluting oil into the marine environment" (p. xv). The report investigates broad issues and suggests possible alternatives.
Date: July 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Financial Viability of Conrail (open access)

The Financial Viability of Conrail

A review prepared by the the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) based on the Final System Plan of the Consolidated Rail Corporation (ConRail) of 1974. It "examines "the critical assumptions affecting ConRail's financial viability using background data developed by USRA, the views of the key parties and independent analysis" (p.1).
Date: September 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Review of Alternative Approaches to Federal Funding of Rail Rehabilitation (open access)

A Review of Alternative Approaches to Federal Funding of Rail Rehabilitation

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that is part of a plan to restructure the railroads of the Northeast. It "provides a conceptual framework for the evaluation of alternative approaches to federal assistance for the rehabilitation of the nation's railroad fixed plant" (p. xiv).
Date: September 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy, The Economy, and Mass Transit (open access)

Energy, The Economy, and Mass Transit

A report on a study conducted by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) on current economic and energy conditions. The report "summarizes a number of findings regarding recent trends in the transit industry, the effects of current economic and energy conditions on the use of transit, and the relative merits of adopting alternative transportation strategies to increase transit use and achieve energy conservation objectives" (p. 1).
Date: October 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Impacts of the Projected Natural Gas Curtailments for the Winter 1975-76 (open access)

An Analysis of the Impacts of the Projected Natural Gas Curtailments for the Winter 1975-76

A report prepared by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) analyzing the potential impacts of the expected natural gas shortage of the winter of 1975-76. The study's objectives are to "determine the extent to which these projected curtailments reflect the actual situation and what the impacts and potential danger points might be as a result of the natural gas shortage" (p. ix).
Date: November 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Review of National Railroad Issues (open access)

A Review of National Railroad Issues

The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) prepared a report that studies how to handle the remaining bankrupt railroads after the creation of Conrail. It examines the current financial states of railroads, and possible ways to address the problem.
Date: December 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit, Volume 2: Atlanta Case Study (open access)

An Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit, Volume 2: Atlanta Case Study

This report, based on a study directed by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) is one of nine case studies intended to assess community planning of mass transit. It "attempts to identify the factors that help communities, facing critical technological choices, make wise decisions that are consistent with local and national goals for transit" (pg. vii).
Date: February 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit, Volume 3: Boston Case Study (open access)

An Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit, Volume 3: Boston Case Study

One of nine studies done by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) assessing community planning for mass transit. The report identifies "the factors that help communities, facing critical technological choices, make wise decisions that are consistent with local and national goals for transit" (vii).
Date: February 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit: Volume 4 -- Chicago Case Study (open access)

An Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit: Volume 4 -- Chicago Case Study

One of nine studies done by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) assessing community planning for mass transit. The report identifies "the factors that help communities, facing critical technological choices, make wise decisions that are consistent with local and national goals for transit" (p. vii).
Date: February 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit: Volume 5 -- Denver Case Study (open access)

Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit: Volume 5 -- Denver Case Study

One of nine studies done by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) assessing community planning for mass transit. The report identifies "the factors that help communities, facing critical technological choices, make wise decisions that are consistent with local and national goals for transit" (p. vii).
Date: February 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit, Volume 6: Los Angeles Case Study (open access)

Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit, Volume 6: Los Angeles Case Study

One of nine studies done by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) assessing community planning for mass transit. The report identifies "the factors that help communities, facing critical technological choices, make wise decisions that are consistent with local and national goals for transit" (p. vii).
Date: February 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit, Volume 7: Minneapolis-St. Paul Case Study (open access)

An Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit, Volume 7: Minneapolis-St. Paul Case Study

One of nine studies done by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) assessing community planning for mass transit. The report identifies "the factors that help communities, facing critical technological choices, make wise decisions that are consistent with local and national goals for transit" (p. vii).
Date: February 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit, Volume 8: San Francisco Case Study (open access)

Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit, Volume 8: San Francisco Case Study

One of nine studies done by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) assessing community planning for mass transit. The report identifies "the factors that help communities, facing critical technological choices, make wise decisions that are consistent with local and national goals for transit" (p. vii).
Date: February 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit, Volume 10: Washington, D.C. Case Study (open access)

Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit, Volume 10: Washington, D.C. Case Study

One of many studies conducted by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). This report is intended "to provide an information base for an overall assessment of community planning for mass transit" (preface).
Date: February 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit, Volume 12: Bibliography (open access)

Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit, Volume 12: Bibliography

A bibliography of the publications that were referenced in "An Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit," which was done by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA).
Date: February 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Information Systems (open access)

Food Information Systems

Transcriptions of statements made over the course of four days regarding the food information systems in the United States.
Date: February 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library