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One-Stop Shopping for Complete OTA Library

I came across this really cool resource today and thought I’d share it with my fellow wonks. It’s the complete library of reports prepared by the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, with links to the full text of each report.

Many of the OTA reports are classics in the field of nonproliferation, such as the June 1977 wonkfest Nuclear Proliferation and Safeguards, which weighs in at more than 1300 pages (including appendices). Enjoy.

OTA was among the many sensible governmental resources that Newt Gingerich’s so-called “Republican Revolution” put before a firing squad in 1994-1995. Kudos to the University of North Texas’s CyberCemetary Project for making these resources so readily available.

Jeffrey adds at 1:40 pm that Congressman Rush Holt has led the fight to restore OTA.

Andy Grotto

Writing on ACW 2007–2008

Andrew Grotto is a senior national security analyst at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a nonpartisan education and advocacy group headquartered in Washington, DC. He is the author of Contain and Engage: A New Strategy for Resolving the Nuclear Crisis with Iran, available at www.americanprogress.org.

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