Nextgov: Congress should legislate on technology like it’s 1995, according to a policy paper from a right-leaning think tank released Wednesday.
Specifically, Congress should reinstate the Office of Technology Assessment, an internal research organization that advised congressional committees on thorny questions about emerging technology and science, according to the paper from the R Street Institute, which describes itself as non-partisan but also committed to open markets.
The Office of Technology Assessment, which launched in 1972 and was shuttered in 1995, could help Congress tackle complicated technology and cybersecurity issues, such as end-to-end consumer encryption and online copyright protections.
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