CAN THE OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY-ASSESSMENT BE PRIVATIZED

Authors
COATES V
Citation
V. Coates, CAN THE OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY-ASSESSMENT BE PRIVATIZED, The Scientist, 10(2), 1996, pp. 11-11
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science","Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
The Scientist → ACNP
ISSN journal
08903670
Volume
10
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
11 - 11
Database
ISI
SICI code
0890-3670(1996)10:2<11:CTOOTB>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Commentary: Analysts at the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA)-elim inated last year by Congress-felt they could not let the agency that f or 23 years provided Congress and the public with comprehensive analys es of science and technology issues die, a victim of economic and poli tical pragmatism, recounts Vary Coates, interim president of the Insti tute for Technology Assessment, a private organization formed by forme r OTA staffers and advisers to carry the flame.