Handicapped Infants: The Final Section 504 Regulation and Legislative Proposals (open access)

Handicapped Infants: The Final Section 504 Regulation and Legislative Proposals

This report discusses the final rule regarding handicapped infants published in the Federal register by HHS on January 12, 1984. Legislative action in response to the Infant Doe issue is also discussed.
Date: February 8, 1984
Creator: Smith, Mary F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FCC Record, Volume 2, No. 3, Pages 643 to 942, February 2 - February 13, 1987 (open access)

FCC Record, Volume 2, No. 3, Pages 643 to 942, February 2 - February 13, 1987

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: February 1987
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
FCC Record, Volume 2, No. 4, Pages 946 to 1358, February 17 - February 27, 1987 (open access)

FCC Record, Volume 2, No. 4, Pages 946 to 1358, February 17 - February 27, 1987

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: February 1987
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
FCC Record, Volume 3, No. 3, Pages 477 to 674, February 1 - February 12, 1988 (open access)

FCC Record, Volume 3, No. 3, Pages 477 to 674, February 1 - February 12, 1988

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: February 1988
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
FCC Record, Volume 3, No. 4, Pages 675 to 947, February 16 - February 26, 1988 (open access)

FCC Record, Volume 3, No. 4, Pages 675 to 947, February 16 - February 26, 1988

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: February 1988
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
FCC Record, Volume 4, No. 3, Pages 1179 to 1520, January 30 - February 10, 1989 (open access)

FCC Record, Volume 4, No. 3, Pages 1179 to 1520, January 30 - February 10, 1989

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: February 1989
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
FCC Record, Volume 4, No. 4, Pages 1521 to 1965, February 13 - February 24, 1989 (open access)

FCC Record, Volume 4, No. 4, Pages 1521 to 1965, February 13 - February 24, 1989

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: February 1989
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alternatives to Animal Use in Research, Testing, and Education (open access)

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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medical Devices and the Veterans Administration: A Technical Memorandum (open access)

Medical Devices and the Veterans Administration: A Technical Memorandum

An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of the "activities of the Veterans Administration (VA) regarding device development and procurement," specifically of medical devices (p. iii).
Date: February 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
Information Technology Research and Development: Critical Trends and Issues (open access)

Information Technology Research and Development: Critical Trends and Issues

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "examines four specific areas of research as case studies: computer architecture, artificial intelligence, fiber optics, and software engineering" in light of their new role in the United States economy (p. iii).
Date: February 1985
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Government Information Technology: Management, Security, and Congressional Oversight (open access)

Federal Government Information Technology: Management, Security, and Congressional Oversight

The report addresses five major areas: 1) management of information technology, including strategic planning, innovation, procurement, and the information resources management (IRM) concept; 2) information systems security and computer crime; 3) information technology and decision support; 4) management of government information dissemination; and 5) opportunities for using information technology in conducting congressional oversight.
Date: February 1986
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Marine Applications for Fuel Cell Technology (open access)

Marine Applications for Fuel Cell Technology

A report on fuel cell technology is one of the most promising of the new electric power technologies currently undergoing development. Fuel cell power systems have attracted attention because of their potential for high efficiency, low emissions, flexible use of fuels, and quietness. The Federal Government and the private sector have been funding fuel cell R&D for more than 20 years. The state-of-the-art has advanced to the point that fuel cell manufacturers hope to begin marketing fuel cells in just a few years. Full-scale demonstration plants are currently being designed.
Date: February 1986
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Payment for physician services: strategies for Medicare (open access)

Payment for physician services: strategies for Medicare

A report on medicare coverage of physician services for elderly and disabled. The report also discusses the payment methods that have also fueled increases in expenditures for physician services, which are now one of the most rapidly growing parts of the Federal budget.
Date: February 1986
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Industrial and Commercial Cogeneration (open access)

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
World Population and Fertility Planning Technologies: The Next Twenty Years (open access)

World Population and Fertility Planning Technologies: The Next Twenty Years

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "covers the status of current and projected technologies that affect fertility change" (p. iii).
Date: February 1982
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Power in an Age of Uncertainty (open access)

Nuclear Power in an Age of Uncertainty

An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that examines "the future of nuclear power in this country, and how the technology and institutions might be changed to reduce the problems now besetting the nuclear option" (p. iii).
Date: February 1984
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploratory Workshop on the Social Impacts of Robotics: Summary and Issues: A Background Paper (open access)

Exploratory Workshop on the Social Impacts of Robotics: Summary and Issues: A Background Paper

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "contains a summary of the results of the workshop along with copies that were used as starting points for the discussion" (p. iii). The workshop referenced discussed robotics technology and robotics market.
Date: February 1982
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impact of Advanced Air Transport Technology: Part 3: Air Service to Small Communities (open access)

Impact of Advanced Air Transport Technology: Part 3: Air Service to Small Communities

An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that looks at the current situation of the advances made in air transport technology.
Date: February 1982
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Issues and Options in Flood Hazards Management (open access)

Issues and Options in Flood Hazards Management

An analysis by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that identifies "information and knowledge gaps in the management of flood hazards" and proposes "policy options for further consideration that could beneficially affect such management" (p. 1).
Date: February 1980
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Regulatory environment for science (open access)

The Regulatory environment for science

This technical memorandum, requested by the Task Force on Science Policy of the House Committee on Science and Technology, provides a “snapshot” of factors affecting science in the 1980s, and focuses on emerging issues that will require consideration by Congress.
Date: February 1986
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grassroots Conservation of Biological Diversity in the United States (open access)

Grassroots Conservation of Biological Diversity in the United States

This report examines the technological and institutional aspects of biological data relevant to maintaining biological diversity in the United States focusing primarily on Federal data collection efforts.
Date: February 1986
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Big Dumb Boosters: A Low-Cost Space Transportation Option? (open access)

Big Dumb Boosters: A Low-Cost Space Transportation Option?

This background paper describes and examines a launch vehicle concept commonly known as the “Big Dumb Booster,” a concept that derives from efforts first made in the 1960s to minimize costs of space launch systems. Some launch system analysts believe that the use of this concept, when applied to existing technology, could markedly reduce space transportation costs. Other analysts disagree.
Date: February 1989
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safer Skies with TCAS: Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System: A Special Report (open access)

Safer Skies with TCAS: Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System: A Special Report

This special report contains the results of OTA’s assessment. It also provides an admirable example of cooperative effort on the part of all segments of the aviation community in providing information to OTA and working to develop a common solution for a number of difficult issues.
Date: February 1989
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library