Author: M. Granger Morgan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136526765
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
The elimination of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) in 1995 came during a storm of budget cutting and partisan conflict. Operationally, it left Congress without an institutional arrangement to bring expert scientific and technological advice into the process of legislative decisionmaking. This deficiency has become increasingly critical, as more and more of the decisions faced by Congress and society require judgments based on highly specialized technical information. Offering perspectives from scholars and scientists with diverse academic backgrounds and extensive experience within the policy process, Science and Technology Advice for Congress breaks from the politics of the OTA and its contentious aftermath. Granger Morgan and Jon Peha begin with an overview of the use of technical information in framing policy issues, crafting legislation, and the overall process of governing. They note how, as nonexperts, legislators must make decisions in the face of scientific uncertainty and competing scientific claims from stakeholders. The contributors continue with a discussion of why OTA was created. They draw lessons from OTA's demise, and compare the use of science and technological information in Europe with the United States. The second part of the book responds to requests from congressional leaders for practical solutions. Among the options discussed are expanded functions within existing agencies such as the General Accounting or Congressional Budget Offices; an independent, NGO- administrated analysis group; and a dedicated successor to OTA within Congress. The models emphasize flexibility--and the need to make political feasibility a core component of design.
Science and Technology Advice for Congress
Author: M. Granger Morgan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136526765
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
The elimination of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) in 1995 came during a storm of budget cutting and partisan conflict. Operationally, it left Congress without an institutional arrangement to bring expert scientific and technological advice into the process of legislative decisionmaking. This deficiency has become increasingly critical, as more and more of the decisions faced by Congress and society require judgments based on highly specialized technical information. Offering perspectives from scholars and scientists with diverse academic backgrounds and extensive experience within the policy process, Science and Technology Advice for Congress breaks from the politics of the OTA and its contentious aftermath. Granger Morgan and Jon Peha begin with an overview of the use of technical information in framing policy issues, crafting legislation, and the overall process of governing. They note how, as nonexperts, legislators must make decisions in the face of scientific uncertainty and competing scientific claims from stakeholders. The contributors continue with a discussion of why OTA was created. They draw lessons from OTA's demise, and compare the use of science and technological information in Europe with the United States. The second part of the book responds to requests from congressional leaders for practical solutions. Among the options discussed are expanded functions within existing agencies such as the General Accounting or Congressional Budget Offices; an independent, NGO- administrated analysis group; and a dedicated successor to OTA within Congress. The models emphasize flexibility--and the need to make political feasibility a core component of design.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136526765
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
The elimination of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) in 1995 came during a storm of budget cutting and partisan conflict. Operationally, it left Congress without an institutional arrangement to bring expert scientific and technological advice into the process of legislative decisionmaking. This deficiency has become increasingly critical, as more and more of the decisions faced by Congress and society require judgments based on highly specialized technical information. Offering perspectives from scholars and scientists with diverse academic backgrounds and extensive experience within the policy process, Science and Technology Advice for Congress breaks from the politics of the OTA and its contentious aftermath. Granger Morgan and Jon Peha begin with an overview of the use of technical information in framing policy issues, crafting legislation, and the overall process of governing. They note how, as nonexperts, legislators must make decisions in the face of scientific uncertainty and competing scientific claims from stakeholders. The contributors continue with a discussion of why OTA was created. They draw lessons from OTA's demise, and compare the use of science and technological information in Europe with the United States. The second part of the book responds to requests from congressional leaders for practical solutions. Among the options discussed are expanded functions within existing agencies such as the General Accounting or Congressional Budget Offices; an independent, NGO- administrated analysis group; and a dedicated successor to OTA within Congress. The models emphasize flexibility--and the need to make political feasibility a core component of design.
Oversight of science and technology policy
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space
Publisher:
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Category : Science and state
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Science and state
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
National Science Foundation Authorization
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
National Science and Technology Policy
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space
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Category : Competition, International
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Competition, International
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Oversight of Science and Technology Policy
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space
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Category : Science and state
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Science and state
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Science, Technology, and Public Policy During the Ninetieth Congress, First and Second Sessions, 1967-68
Author: Library of Congress. Science Policy Research Division
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Category : Science and state
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
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Category : Science and state
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Science, Technology, and Congress
Author: Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space
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Category : Science and state
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
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Category : Science and state
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
U.S. Policies and Initiatives for the U.N. Conference on Science and Technology for Development
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space
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Category : Technical assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Technical assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Science, Technology, and the Economy
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development
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Category : Federal aid
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Federal aid
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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