Science and Technology Advice for Congress
Morgan, M. Granger / Peha, Jon M.
The elimination of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) in 1995 left Congress without an institutional arrangement to bring expert scientific and technological advice into the process of legislative decision-making. This deficiency has become increasingly critical, as more and more of the decisions faced by Congress and society require judgements based on highly specialized technical information. Offering perspectives from scholars and sc...