Science and Technology Advice for Congress by M. Granger Morg... - 9781891853746

Name: Science and Technology Advice for Congress by M. Granger Morg... - 9781891853746
Brand: Taylor & Francis Inc

Taylor & Francis Inc

Science and Technology Advice for CongressAuthor(s): M. Granger Morgan, Jon M. Peha\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States\nImprint: Resources for the Future Press (RFF Press)\nISBN-13: 9781891853746, 978-1891853746\nSynopsis\nThe 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 Mo.