Office of Technology Assessment

Overview
The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) was established by Congress in 1972 to provide congressional committees with objective and authoritative analysis of the complex scientific and technical issues of the late 20th century. It was a leader in practicing and encouraging delivery of public services in innovative and inexpensive ways, including distribution of government documents through electronic publishing.

The OTA closed on September 29, 1995.

OTA documents
The following OTA documents are summarized in this Wiki (in alphabetical order):


 * Accessibility and Integrity of Networked Information Collections (OTA-BP-TCT-109) (Aug. 1993).
 * Adult Literacy and New Technologies: Tools for a Lifetime (OTA-SET-550) (July 1993).
 * Advanced Network Technology (OTA-BP-TCT-101) (June 1993).
 * An Assessment of Alternatives for a National Computerized Criminal History System (October 1982).
 * Automated Guideway Transit: An Assessment of PRT and Other New Systems (June 1975).
 * Automation and the Workplace: Selected Labor, Education, and Training Issues (Mar. 1983).
 * Automation of America's Offices, 1985-2000 (Dec. 1985).
 * Critical Connections: Communication for the Future (OTA-CIT-407) (Feb. 1990).
 * Defending Secrets, Sharing Data: New Locks and Keys for Electronic Information (OTA-CIT-310) (Oct. 1987)
 * Information Security and Privacy in Network Environments (OTA-TCT-606) (Sept. 1994).
 * Protecting Privacy in Computerized Medical Information (OTA-TCT-576) (Sept. 1993).