The impact of office automation on the quality of work life: policy implications (open access)

The impact of office automation on the quality of work life: policy implications

This report focuses only on policy implication of video display terminals (VDT) usage in the areas of composition and edition/correction. The rest of the paper presents a brief discussion of the problems resulting from VDT adoption and usage in the office workplace, and the policy implications of both primary and instrumental impacts as described earlier.
Date: December 1984
Creator: Ashford, Nicholas A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The international dimension: new technologies and intellectual property rights (open access)

The international dimension: new technologies and intellectual property rights

This report considers international copyright as an instrument of adjustment of rights and interests domestically and among nations.
Date: October 1984
Creator: Homet, Roland S., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A comparative review of information technology management practices in selected state governments (open access)

A comparative review of information technology management practices in selected state governments

This report presents an analysis of information technology management practices in selected state governments.The focus is on approaches of strategic management in central state governments.
Date: December 1984
Creator: Kresslein, John C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final report to the Office of Technology Assessment on agency profiles of civil liberties practices, from the KBL Group, Inc. (open access)

Final report to the Office of Technology Assessment on agency profiles of civil liberties practices, from the KBL Group, Inc.

This report presents the results of an empirical study which profiles the information and technology practices of seven federal agencies/programs as they relate to three civil liberties areas: the collection of personal or company information; the provision of public information; and access to agency decision-making.
Date: December 28, 1984
Creator: Levitan, Karen B.; Barth, Patrica D. & Griffin Shook, Diane
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal government provision of public information: issues related to public access, technology, and laws/regulations: for Government Information Technology Project, Communications and Information Technology Program, (open access)

Federal government provision of public information: issues related to public access, technology, and laws/regulations: for Government Information Technology Project, Communications and Information Technology Program,

This report discusses government (public) information, both published and unpublished, which Federal Government either does or does not make public."Public information", is collected and/or developed at Government expenses or as required by public law, and not considered to be classified, personal, or otherwise subject to exemption from the Freedom of Information Act or the Privacy Act.
Date: December 28, 1984
Creator: McClure, Charles R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
OTA Management Retreat (open access)

OTA Management Retreat

Report by the OTA staff development group at the Wye retreat.
Date: September 27, 1984
Creator: Naismith, Nancy
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final report on the economics of dementia to the Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the United States (open access)

Final report on the economics of dementia to the Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the United States

This report discusses the model of dementia economics, the occurrences of dementia, patterns of care for the demented patient,and the cost of care.
Date: December 1984
Creator: Nielson, George J. & Robinson, Gerald L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarterly Report Office of Technology Assessment, April 1 - June 30, 1984 (open access)

Quarterly Report Office of Technology Assessment, April 1 - June 30, 1984

Quarterly report detailing the progress and budget for the Office of Technology Assessment.
Date: 1984
Creator: Office of Technology Assessment
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarterly Report Office of Technology Assessment, January 1 - March 31, 1984 (open access)

Quarterly Report Office of Technology Assessment, January 1 - March 31, 1984

Quarterly report detailing the progress and budget of the Office of Technology Assessment.
Date: 1984
Creator: Office of Technology Assessment
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarterly Report Office of Technology Assessment, July 1 - September 30, 1984 (open access)

Quarterly Report Office of Technology Assessment, July 1 - September 30, 1984

Quarterly report detailing the progress and budget of the Office of Technology Assessment.
Date: 1984
Creator: Office of Technology Assessment
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, October 1 - December 31, 1983 (open access)

Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, October 1 - December 31, 1983

This is a quarterly report detailing the budget and progress of the Office of Technology Assessment.
Date: 1984
Creator: Office of Technology Assessment
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Accommodation of intellectual property law to the introduction of new technologies; Copyright and new technology; The Impact on the Law of Privacy, Antitrust and Free Speech (open access)

The Accommodation of intellectual property law to the introduction of new technologies; Copyright and new technology; The Impact on the Law of Privacy, Antitrust and Free Speech

This report discusses the copyright protection laws and the surrounding issues.
Date: 1984
Creator: Patterson, L. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intellectual property and the new computer-based media (open access)

Intellectual property and the new computer-based media

This report discusses the intellectual property rights. The concern is primarily with how modern electronics has changed the locus of creation, publishing, and distribution of such property.
Date: August 1984
Creator: Solomon, Richard J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abstracts of Case Studies in the Health Technology Case Study Series (open access)

Abstracts of Case Studies in the Health Technology Case Study Series

Compilation of report abstracts for publications in the Office of Technology Assessment "Health Technology Case Studies Series" which provide background information on technologies related to healthcare and medicine.
Date: November 1984
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Acid Rain and Transported Air Pollutants: Implications for Public Policy (open access)

Acid Rain and Transported Air Pollutants: Implications for Public Policy

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "synthesizes OTA's technical analyses of acid rain and other transported pollutants, and presents policy alternatives for congressional considerations" (p. iii).
Date: May 1984
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Africa Tomorrow: Issues in Technology, Agriculture, and U.S. Foreign Aid (open access)

Africa Tomorrow: Issues in Technology, Agriculture, and U.S. Foreign Aid

A technical memorandum by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that discusses the "major issues constraining the development and transfer of sustainable technologies for low-resource food producers" (p. iii).
Date: December 1984
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airport System Development (open access)

Airport System Development

A study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "examines present conditions and future needs of the Nation's airports, with emphasis on possible solutions to problems of operational capacity and air travel delay" (p. iii).
Date: August 1984
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congress: January 1 to September 30, 1983 (open access)

Annual Report to the Congress: January 1 to September 30, 1983

This report offers statements by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board, TAAC Chairman, and the Director of OTA. It also discusses OTAs work in progress, organization and operations.
Date: March 1984
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arms Control in Space: Workshop Proceedings (open access)

Arms Control in Space: Workshop Proceedings

Workshop proceedings gathered by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that cover the topic of space weapons and arms control as discussed during hearings.
Date: May 1984
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Civilian Space Stations and the U.S. Future in Space (open access)

Civilian Space Stations and the U.S. Future in Space

A study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that covers "the essential technical issues surrounding the selection and acquisition of infrastructure in space" (p. iii).
Date: November 1984
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commercial Biotechnology: An International Analysis (open access)

Commercial Biotechnology: An International Analysis

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "assesses the competitive position of the United States with respect to Japan and four European countries believed to be the major competitors in the commercial development of 'new biotechnology'" (p. iii).
Date: January 1984
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Computerized Manufacturing Automation: Employment, Education, and the Workplace (open access)

Computerized Manufacturing Automation: Employment, Education, and the Workplace

An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that looks "not only at robots but also at related computer-based technologies for design, production, and management" and "the technologies of programmable automation, their uses, and future capabilities" (p. iii).
Date: April 1984
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Directed Energy Missile Defense in Space: Background Paper (open access)

Directed Energy Missile Defense in Space: Background Paper

A background paper by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "describes and assesses current concepts for directed-energy ballistic missile defense in space" (p. 3).
Date: April 1984
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Information Technology on Financial Services Systems (open access)

Effects of Information Technology on Financial Services Systems

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "describes the technologies now and likely to be available to providers and users of financial services" (p. iii).
Date: September 1984
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library