OTA gets $6M in startup funding under draft spending bill

Federal News Network: Congress killed off the Office of Technology Assessment in the mid-90s, but members of the House Appropriations Committee have taken the first step toward bringing it back.

The committee, in a draft of the fiscal 2020 legislative branch spending bill, looks to give the watchdog office a $6 million budget to resume operations. Over the past few months, think tanks and lawmakers have voiced their support for a revived OTA.

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