Reinvigorating Technology Assessment for the U.S. Congress

Special Event

Saturday, July 9, 2011

This talk will provide a background and overview of the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s technology assessment (TA) activities for the United States Congress. It will describe GAO's methodology in conducting TA work, particularly concerning the incorporation of foresight approaches for more strategic TA topics such as the most recent report on climate engineering technologies. Lastly, it will discuss GAO's status on developing metrics and outcomes for TA reports.
Who should attend: Anyone interested in the study and evaluation of new technologies and how they are regulated.

What you’ll learn: Attendees will learn how new products and processes affect the operations of businesses and society.

How this knowledge can be applied: Audience members will be made aware of how new technologies are developed and classified.

Timothy M. Persons, chief scientist, United States Government Accountability Office; co-director, GAO’s Center for Science, Technology, and Engineering (CSTE), Washington, D.C .

keywords: technology assessment, foresight, climate engineering

issue area: Technology and Science