roundtable: Maybe the last chance to save OTA (FWD:CITS)

roundtable: Maybe the last chance to save OTA [FWD:CITS]

Maybe the last chance to save OTA [FWD:CITS]

W. Curtiss Priest (BMSLIB@mitvma.mit.edu)
Tue, 20 Jun 95 11:13:42 EDT 

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Date:  Tue, 20 Jun 95 11:13:42 EDT
From: "W. Curtiss Priest" <BMSLIB@mitvma.mit.edu>
To: Telecommunications Policy Roundtable <ROUNDTABLE@CNI.ORG>
Subject: Maybe the last chance to save OTA [FWD:CITS]


Further details on OTA - TODAY -- still time to fax your rep., 
regards, Curt

Curtiss Priest
<bmslib@mitvma.mit.edu>

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 20:28:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: owner-fastnet@igc.apc.org
Subject: Maybe the last chance to save OTA  [FWD:CITS]
To: Recipients of conference <fastnet@igc.apc.org>


FROM: in%"fwood@ota.gov"  "Fred Wood"

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.

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