Development of Medical Technology: Opportunities for Assessment (open access)

Development of Medical Technology: Opportunities for Assessment

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) examining the human and financial costs to the healthcare system caused by research and development. It "discusses possibilities for and obstacles to assessing the social impacts of new medical technologies during the stages of research and development that precede their wiespread acceptance" (p. 3).
Date: August 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Information Systems: Summary and Analysis (open access)

Food Information Systems: Summary and Analysis

A study done by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) intended to "review food information systems in order to isolate and evaluate those significant to the development of food legislation and related congressional policymaking" (p. xi).
Date: August 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Review of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Environmental Research Outlook FY 1976 Through 1980 (open access)

A Review of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Environmental Research Outlook FY 1976 Through 1980

A review by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of a previous report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The review closely examines the proposals in the five-year plan regarding national environmental goals.
Date: August 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Assessment of Alternative Economic Stockpiling Policies (open access)

An Assessment of Alternative Economic Stockpiling Policies

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that focuses on analyzing the "materials problems related to sudden discontinuities in the long-range supply/demand of a given material, resulting in complete or partial disruptions and abrupt price changes" (p. vii).
Date: August 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library