Congress’s Own Think Tank: Learning from the Legacy of the Office of Technology Assessment (1972–1995)

1. Introduction
Peter D. Blair

2. Pre-History: Meeting the Need for Science Advice to the U.S. Congress
Peter D. Blair

3. Key Features of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972
Peter D. Blair

4. Startup: Setting the Agenda in OTA’s Early Years
Peter D. Blair

5. Growing Pains: Evolution of OTA’s Process of Technology Assessment
Peter D. Blair

6. Impact and Influence as the OTA Model Matured
Peter D. Blair

7. Closing OTA: Transition in the 104th Congress
Peter D. Blair

8. After the Fall: Post OTA Efforts to Fill the Gap
Peter D. Blair

9. Looking Forward: Comparing Future Options
Peter D. Blair

10. Conclusions
Peter D. Blair

Keywords: Economics, Microeconomics, Industrial Organization, Development Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Innovation/Technology Management, Economic Growth