Graduation Year
2019
Date of Submission
4-2019
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE)
Reader 1
John J. Pitney, Jr.
Terms of Use & License Information
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2019 Bruno G Youn
Abstract
Congress has become infamous for its lack of understanding of technology, particularly with the Facebook and Google hearings in 2018. To improve this understanding, this thesis argues for the return of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), a congressional support agency created in 1972 that provided science and technology expertise to Congress until its termination in 1995. It also considers potential changes that might be made to the old OTA model and the political environment in which a new OTA would need to survive.
Recommended Citation
Youn, Bruno, "Catching Congress Up: Restoring the Office of Technology Assessment" (2019). CMC Senior Theses. 2227.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2227
