International Partnerships in Large Science Projects (open access)

International Partnerships in Large Science Projects

This report assesses the factors that facilitate international partnerships in big science projects and those that, conversely, favor the pursuit of purely national projects. The paper also reviews and identifies several important issues to consider in structuring future collaborations.
Date: July 1995
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Technology: Analysis of Selected Federal R&D Programs (open access)

Environmental Technology: Analysis of Selected Federal R&D Programs

This report discusses estimates of environmental technology R&D spending, interagency coordination mechanisms, and major federal programs, including programs administered by the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Environmental Protection Agency, and several other agencies.
Date: July 1995
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA Superfund Actions and ATSDR Public Health Data (open access)

EPA Superfund Actions and ATSDR Public Health Data

This paper discusses how EPA sets Superfund cleanup priorities based on Superfund site health ranking data provided by ATSDR. It examines several parameters by which EPA site prioritization might be measured, including timeliness, cost, and use of special removal actions at the worst sites.
Date: July 1995
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electronic Surveillance in a Digital Age (open access)

Electronic Surveillance in a Digital Age

This background paper reviews the progress of the industry and the law enforcement agencies in implementing the Act since its approval in October 1994.
Date: July 1995
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library