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Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, January 1 - March 31, 1983
This is a quarterly report detailing the budget and progress of the Office of Technology Assessment.
Date:
1983
Creator:
Office of Technology Assessment
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, July 1 - September 30, 1983
This is a quarterly report detailing the budget and progress of the Office of Technology Assessment.
Date:
1983
Creator:
Office of Technology Assessment
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, October 1 - December 31, 1982
This is a quarterly report detailing the budget and progress of the Office of Technology Assessment.
Date:
1983
Creator:
Office of Technology Assessment
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Postharvest Technology and Marketing Economics Research
A technical memorandum by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that presents "findings and conclusions regarding the role of the public and private research participants in the PHTME (postharvest technology and marketing economics) research, the benefits and burdens of PHTME research, trends in PHTME research funding, quality of PHTME research, and management of PHTME research in the public sector (p. iii).
Date:
May 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
An Assessment of Maritime Trade and Technology
An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of maritime trade and technology that "traces prevailing conditions and dominant trends that are important to the way the Federal Government assumes its responsibility for developing and implementing policy" (p. iii).
Date:
October 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Automation and the Workplace: Selected Labor, Education, and Training Issues
A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that examines "the nature and development of automation technologies (such as robotics, computer-aided design, and manufacturing, and automated materials handling, storage, and retrieval)" (p. iii).
Date:
March 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) and the Medicare Program: Implications for Medical Technology
A technical memorandum by the Office of Technology Assessment that evaluates the results of Diagnosis Related Groups and "their implications for use in the Medicare program" (p. iii).
Date:
July 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Habitability of the Love Canal Area: An Analysis of the Technical Basis for the Decision of the Habitability of the Emergency Declaration Area: A Technical Memorandum
A case study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that examines "the technical basis for, and validity of, the habitability decision for the emergency declaration area near Love Canal" (p. iii).
Date:
June 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Health Technology Case Study Twenty-four: Variations in Hospital Length of Stay: Their Relationship to Health Outcomes
A case study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that examines "the evidence on variations in lengths of hospital stay and their relation to health outcomes" (p. 3).
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Health Technology Case Study Twenty-six: Assistive Devices for Severe Speech Impairments
A case study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that is "about the revolution in communication aids that has since changed the outlook for this population [nonspeaking population], its accomplishments to date, its promise for the future, and its problems" (p. 3).
Date:
December 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Health Technology Case Study Twenty Three: The Safety, Efficacy, and Cost Effectiveness of Therapy Apheresis
A case study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that examines the cost effectiveness of and the evidence behind the technology of therapeutic apheresis.
Date:
July 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Health Technology Case Study Twenty Two: The Effectiveness and Costs of Alcoholism Treatment
A case study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that provides "scientific background for congressional of Medicare reimbursement for alcoholism treatment services" (p. 3).
Date:
March 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Health Technology Case Twenty-five: Technology and Learning Disabilities
A case study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that examines different types of technologies that are relevant to learning disabilities.
Date:
December 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Impact of Randomized Clinical Trials on Health Policy and Medical Practice: Background Paper
A background paper by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that brings together "the literature and current views about the actual and potential role of RCTS (randomized clinical trials) in decisionmaking about medical technologies" (Preface).
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Industrial and Commercial Cogeneration
A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "describes the available and promising future cogeneration technologies, including their likely costs and operating characteristics, and reviews the potential applications for these technologies in industry, commercial buildings, and rural/agricultural areas" (p. iii).
Date:
February 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Industrial Energy Use
An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) on the "prospects for energy efficiency in the U.S. industrial sector, the technologies available to improve industrial energy efficiency, and the effect of various legislative policies on stimulating increased efficiency" (p. iii).
Date:
June 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Informational Technology and Its Impact on American Education : summary
This report documents two sets of conclusions: the impact of the information revolution driven by rapid advances in communication and computer technology, and how information technology can improve and enrich education.
Date:
September 6, 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
International Competitiveness in Electronics
An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that looks at the international competitiveness of the electronics technology industry.
Date:
November 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
OTA Senior Management Retreat, 1983
Materials from an OTA Senior Management Retreat including memoranda, summaries, and discussion points for previous or upcoming studies and programs.
Date:
December 4, 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Plants: The Potential for Extracting Protein, Medicines, and Other Useful Chemicals: Workshop Proceedings
Proceedings prepared by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that describe "technological opportunities for commercially developing plant extracts, examples of some work being done in this field, and workshop participants' conclusions and recommendations concerning the Government's role in the area" (p. iii).
Date:
September 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Quality and Relevance of Research and Related Activities at the Gorges Memorial Laboratory
A technical memorandum by the Office of Technical Assessment (OTA) that reviews the quality and relevance of activities at GML (Gorgas Memorial Laboratory), based on Gorgas' publishing record, an OTA-commissioned survey of GML's scientific reputation, a critical review of recent articles and current manuscripts, a comparison of GML's areas of effort with health problems in tropical America and with scientific opportunity, and a review of past scientific evaluations of GML (p. iii).
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Role of Genetic Testing in the Prevention of Occupational Disease
A report by the Office of Technology Assessment that "examines a technology, genetic testing, that may be useful in reducing occupational disease, but that also raises concerns about potential misuse" (p. iii).
Date:
April 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library