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.
>