Reports from the Office of Technology Assessment

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From 1972-1995 the United States Congress maintained the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) to provide analysis to lawmakers on issues related to technology. By the time the office was de-funded in 1995 it had produced a sizeable collection of reports (archived in full by the Federation of American Scientists) on wide-ranging topics.

The National Security Archive Cyber Vault has combed the collection for reports connected to cyber security. These reports are listed below and have been added to the Cyber Vault collection.

The documents

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Document 01

Office of Technology Assessment, Selected Electronic Funds Transfer Issues: Privacy, Security, and Equity, March 1982. Unclassified.

Mar 1, 1982

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Federation of American Scientists

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Document 02

Office of Technology Assessment, Information Technology R&D: Critical Trends and Issues, February 1985. Unclassified.

Feb 1, 1985

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Federation of American Scientists

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Document 03

Office of Technology Assessment, Electronic Surveillance and Civil Liberties, October 1985. Unclassified.

Oct 1, 1985

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Federation of American Scientists

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Document 04

Office of Technology Assessment, Federal Government Information Technology: Management, Security, and Congressional Oversight, February 1986. Unclassified.

Feb 1, 1986

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Federation of American Scientists

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Document 05

Office of Technology Assessment, Supercomputers: Government Plans and Policies, March 1986. Unclassified.

Mar 1, 1986

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Federation of American Scientists

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Document 06

Office of Technology Assessment, Electronic Record Systems and Individual Privacy, June 1986. Unclassified.

Jun 1, 1986

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Federation of American Scientists

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Document 07

Office of Technology Assessment, Defending Secrets, Sharing Data: New Locks and Keys for Electronic Information, October 1987. Unclassified.

Oct 1, 1987

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Federation of American Scientists

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Document 08

Office of Technology Assessment, Science, Technology, and the First Amendment, January 1988. Unclassified.

Jan 1, 1988

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Federation of American Scientists

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Document 09

Office of Technology Assessment, Informing the Nation: Federal Information Dissemination in an Electronic Age, October 1988. Unclassified.

Oct 1, 1988

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Federation of American Scientists

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Document 10

Office of Technology Assessment, Computer Software and Intellectual Property, March 1990. Unclassified.

Mar 1, 1990

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Federation of American Scientists

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Document 11

Office of Technology Assessment, Finding a Balance: Computer Software, Intellectual Property, and the Challenge of Technological Change, May 1992. Unclassified.

May 1, 1992

Source

Federation of American Scientists

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Document 12

Office of Technology Assessment, Information Systems Related to Technology Transfer: A Report on Federal Technology Transfer in the United States, September 1993. Unclassified.

Sep 1, 1993

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Federation of American Scientists

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Document 13

Office of Technology Assessment, Protecting Privacy in Computerized Medical Information, September 1993. Unclassified.

Sep 1, 1993

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Federation of American Scientists

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Document 14

Office of Technology Assessment, Information Security and Privacy in Network Environments, September 1994. Unclassified.

Sep 1, 1994

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Federation of American Scientists

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Document 15

Office of Technology Assessment, Electronic Surveillance in a Digital Age, July 1995. Unclassified.

Jul 1, 1995

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Federation of American Scientists

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Document 16

Office of Technology Assessment, Wireless Technologies and the National Information Infrastructure, September 1995. Unclassified.

Sep 1, 1995

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Federation of American Scientists

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Document 17

Office of Technology Assessment, Issue Update on Information Security and Privacy in Network Environments, September 1995. Unclassified.

Sep 1, 1995

Source

Federation of American Scientists

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Document 18

Office of Technology Assessment, Information Technologies for the Control of Money Laundering, September 1995. Unclassified.

Sep 1, 1995

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Federation of American Scientists