An informal orientation to the OTA. Addresses new employees' frequently asked questions; intended as a complimentary document to the official Employee Handbook.

A cumulative catalog of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) documents published from 1972 through 1994.

The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) is a nonpartisan congressional support agency of the United States congress. OTA is charged with advising the Congress on a wide range of critical issues involving science and technology. This report to Congress is required under Sec. 11 of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972, Public Law 92-484 (see p. 55). It describes the activities of the Office in Fiscal Yaer 1994 within the context of the legislative agenda of the 103rd congress and the events in the United States and the world during 1994.

This guide is intended as an informal orientation to some aspects of life at the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), and to answer some of the questions frequently asked about OTA. This guide was created in the hopes of acquainting new employees with the procedures, materials, information, and expertise that lie within OTA.

This pamphlet briefly outlines the function and purpose of the Office of Technology Assessment.

This collection of Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) Resources information briefs details assessments and documents completed by OTA and categorized into a variety of topics, including the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, defense technology, and energy research and development.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether Attorney General Opinion DM-283 (1994) correctly determined that a county clerk may collect a security fee, as authorized by section 291.008 of the Local Government Code, at the time of filing a birth, death, or fetal death record and related questions (RQ-738)

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a property owner who is blind under fifty-five years of age, and employed full-time qualifies for additional homestead exemptions under section 11.13, subsections (c) and (d) of the Tax Code (RQ-796)

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a presiding administrative district judge may appoint a visiting judge prior to preclearance by the United States Department of Justice (ID# 35935)

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether Attorney General Opinion JM-74 (1983) regarding section 6.06(e) of the Tax Code continues to be valid, and related question (ID# 31221)

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether employees of the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation are "at will" employees (RQ-837)

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Authority of a county to enforce speed limits on roads in a subdivision dedicated to the public but not accepted into the county road system (ID# 33243)

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a property owner may erect a gate across a third-class road if the county has constructed cattle guards on the road, and a related question (ID# 25770)

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a sale or lease of county airport real property is subject to the public auction requirements or the sealed proposal requirements of chapter 263 of the Local Government Code (ID# 30137)

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the governing committee of the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association ("TAIPA") is subject to the Open Meetings Act, Gov't Code ch. 551 (ID# 27553)

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the board of trustees of an independent school district may act on recommendation of an "interview committee" appointed by the district superintendent (ID# 36626)

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether article III, section 19 of the Texas Constitution prevents a city council member from running for the state legislature after resigning his city council post (ID# 36821)

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the spouse of a county attorney may be employed by that official (ID# 33122)

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether article XVI, section 65 of the Texas Constitution, the "resign to run" provision, is triggered by an announcement that a potential candidate is "seriously considering" a decision to run for a particular office, and a related question (ID# 36748)

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a municipality may use sales taxes levied pursuant to section 4B of article 5190.6, V.T.C.S., to construct sanitary sewer lines in an existing residential subdivision (RQ-824)

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Status of part primary election workers under state law (ID# 35922)

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether section 25.005 of the Government Code or section 25.1902 of the Government Code controls the amount of salary Potter County must pay the judges of its county courts at law and related questions (ID# 30899)

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether, subsequent to the merger of a municipaliy's pension plan for volunteer fire fighters, established under V.T.C.S. article 6243e, with the Volunteer Fire Fighters' Relief and Retirement Fund, established under V.T.C.S. article 6243e.3, the state board of trustees of the Volunteer Fire Fighters' Relief and Retirement Fund may require the municipality to contribute additional funds to pay benefits under V.T.C.S. article 6243e (ID# 34011)

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the Aransas County Navigation District No. 1 may convert from a chapter 62, Water Code, navigation district into a chapter 63, Water Code, district (ID# 33343)