death of OTA? (fwd)

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

> Date:          06 Dec 1994 07:43:12
> Reply-to:      Conference "loka.fastnet" <loka-fastnet () igc apc org>
> > From:          NVIG () carleton edu
> Subject:       Death of OTA?
> To:            Recipients of conference <loka-fastnet () igc apc org>
>
> Last Friday the Senate Republican caucus announced a reorganization
> plan which calls for total elimination of the Office of Technology
> Assessment (OTA).  Not coincidentally, perhaps, they have converted
> the House Science, Space and Technology Committee to the Technology and
> Competitiveness Committee, and it looks  like they are about to try
> to relaunch Star Wars with chemical lasers in space (something OTA
> might have questioned).  Does anybody care about saving OTA?  Should
> some  kind of campaign be launched, since this is the only agency in
> government (and really in the world)**** that is supposed to look at the
> long-term implications of technologies?  If interested, reply via
> "FASTnet () apc org" or directly to me ("nvig () carleton edu").  Norm Vig,
> Professor of Political Science, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057.