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Re:Strengthening Congressional Independence from Corporate L... by mieseratte on Friday September 27, 2019 @10:35AM (#21092452)
Reading the Wikipedia entry on it, the apparent charge to remove it was "unnecessary agency"[0] - that the scope of its responsibility was handled by other agencies, but doesn't elaborate what those other agencies are.

Does anyone know what agencies are being alluded to?

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Technology_Assessmen...

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Re:Strengthening Congressional Independence from Corporate L... by eyo2019 on Friday September 27, 2019 @10:42AM (#21092511)
If you read more closely, the book Fat City: How Washington Wastes Your Taxes was the one which stated that it was an "unnecessary agency" and the Regan admin liked the book. Newt Gingrich was the one who spearheaded the closure of the OTA.
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Re:Strengthening Congressional Independence from Corporate L... by magashna on Friday September 27, 2019 @10:44AM (#21092527)
It's harder to accept telecom bribes when you have an official agency telling you how terrible they are.
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