Office of Technology Assessment

American  

noun

U.S. Government.

1. a bipartisan agency, created in 1972, that informs and advises Congress about scientific and technical developments bearing on national policy. OTA

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Example Sentences

Office of Technology Assessment and served on panels of the National Science Foundation and the National Academy of Engineering.

From Washington Post • May 23, 2022

For instance, the Congressional Research Office has seen significant downsizing in the past two decades, and the Office of Technology Assessment, established in 1972, was infamously shutdown in 1995.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2018

In 1995, lawmakers effectively dismantled another technical advisory entity, the Office of Technology Assessment, by refusing to fund it.

From Nature • Dec. 7, 2016

After a stint at the University of Tennessee, he returned to Washington to direct the Office of Technology Assessment.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2015

By then the government had spent nearly $9 million -- fully 20% of all measurable research-and- development costs, according to the Office of Technology Assessment -- to aid in developing Ceredase.

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