roundtable: FW: Save OTA

roundtable: FW: Save OTA

FW: Save OTA

Wood, Fred (fwood@itc.ota.gov)
Sun, 18 Jun 95 13:32:00 PDT 

From: "Wood, Fred" <fwood@itc.ota.gov>
To: Telecom Policy Roundtable <roundtable@cni.org>
Subject: FW: Save OTA
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 95 13:32:00 PDT
Message-Id: <2FE48E43@mailserver.ota.gov>


Forwarded
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FLOOR DEBATE ON FUTURE OF OTA SET FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
To all interested persons:  The House Appropropriations Committee has 
formally recommended a zero FY96 budget for the Office of Technology 
Assessment, U.S. Congress.  OTA provides Congress with analyses of 
science and technology topics.  Information on OTA's reports and current 
activities may be obtained from the OTA OnLine World Wide Web site at 
http://www.ota.gov or by telnet to otabbs.ota.gov, login as public.   
A bipartisan group of Members of Congress will attempt to restore 
enough funds to retain a critical mass of expertise at a downsized, 
perhaps restructured OTA.  The effort to save OTA will take the form 
of proposed amendments to the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act 
for FY96 that is scheduled to come to the floor of the House of 
Representatives for consideration and vote as early as Tuesday, June 
20, 1995.  The floor debate will be televised on C-SPAN.  Persons 
interested in expressing an opinion on the future of OTA should 
contact their own Member of Congress by phone, fax, or e-mail no 
later than Monday, June 19, in order to be sure to be timely.  
Scheduling updates may be obtained by calling the offices of Rep. 
Amo Houghton (R-NY) at 202-225-3161 and Rep. Vic Fazio (D-CA) at 
202-225-5716.


Fred Wood 
<fwood@itc.ota.gov>

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