by Darlene Cavalier | Feb 18, 2009 | Blog, OTA
As part of the effort to revive the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (with citizen input), team member Todd LaPorte, Associate Professor, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, sent the following: “Here’s a 2002 paper on risk...
by Darlene Cavalier | Feb 3, 2009 | News, OTA
By Andrew Noyes Lawmakers should examine the role and responsibilities of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and question whether the 33-year-old office is effective, according to a Congressional Research Service report released Thursday. Some in...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 27, 2008 | Citizen Science, OTA, Science Policy
Surely you recall the infamous “hanging chads” of the Bush/Gore election….that’s what Congress was trying to avoid when it voted to switch over to electronic voting machines six years ago. If asked, you could have warned Congress that when it...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 23, 2008 | Citizen Science, OTA, Science Policy, Shad
Just published this article in Science Progress. Hope you enjoy it. The purpose of the piece is to let you know that all 720 formal (easy-to-read) reports put out by the defunct Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) are now available online, courtesy of...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 28, 2008 | Citizen Science, OTA, Science Policy
…and, together, we kick off the World Science Festival, this morning at Columbia University during a world-class Science Summit. Really, no joke! I’m included among the “125 leaders from science, business, government, media, and academia who will...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 20, 2008 | OTA, Science Policy
I just watched the movie Iron Man, for the second time. Entertaining, albeit sobering, reminder that our own nation’s superior advances in technology–in this case, weapons technology–can be hijacked by friends or foes and, eventually, used against...
