Denialism

Category: OTA

  • New OTA site

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    The archived reports of the OTA are on a new site hosted by the Federation of American Scientists. You may remember that we’re big fans of the OTA as we feel that scientific assessment of government policy and guidance of legislation is key to having an efficacious, informed congress. In our initial post on the…

  • It Is Time For A Presidential Debate On Science

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    We must adapt to the fact that over the last few decades it has become critical that our politicians and policymakers understand science and implement policy that is consistent with scientific facts. And it is past time that we made science enough of a priority to merit a presidential debate on science. The need is…

  • Missile defense is a boondoggle

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    This is why we need the Office of Technology Assessment (and listen to it), Bush is trying to bring back SDI, big time. President Bush said yesterday that a missile defense system is urgently needed in Europe to guard against a possible attack on U.S. allies by Iran, while Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates suggested…

  • Hillary Clinton will restore the OTA

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    Good news from the political front. Hillary Clinton plans to re-establish the OTA if elected. Fifth, we’re going to stop substituting ideology for science and evidence, and we’re going to start giving the American people again the facts on the issues that matter to them and their families. Over the past six years, this Administration…

  • Bring Back the OTA III – A history of the OTA

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    Chris Mooney has been nice enough to help promote our effort, and points us to some more helpful information about the Office of Technology Assessment. Now would be a good time to go over what the OTA did, how it was set up, and why I think it would be rather easy to set it…

  • Sign the OTA petition

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    Second Innocence has gone and shown me up on my own issue. They’ve started a petition to reinstate the OTA. Please, show your support.

  • OTA Thread II

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    Let’s keep this ball rolling. On Friday we started talking about the importance of the OTA It used to be, for about 20 years (from 1974 to 1995), there was an office on the Hill, named the Office of Technology Assessment, which worked for the legislative branch and provided non-partisan scientific reports relevant to policy…

  • Bring Back the OTA – Bring Back Evidence Based Government

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    So I was thinking. It isn’t really enough to merely react constantly to anti-scientific behavior which seems to permeate the media, the interwebs, and policy discussions on Capitol Hill these days. It used to be, for about 20 years (from 1974 to 1995), there was an office on the Hill, named the Office of Technology…