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Amendment to fund restarting the Office of Technology Assessment fails in House vote
David Fahrenthold Retweeted:UPDATE: Amendment to provide $2.5 million in seed money to restart the Office of Technology Assessment, the Hill's once robust sci/tech think tank, fails in House vote. Mostly Dems voted for, mostly GOP against http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2018/roll255.xml …
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NEW today: Congress itself admits its struggling to get tech. It faces staffing and funding shortages. It's affected the Russia investigation, too. In response, some are seeking to revive the Hill's old science and tech think tank. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/06/06/i-can-understand-about-50-percent-of-the-things-you-say-how-congress-is-struggling-to-get-smart-on-tech/?utm_term=.e1652a0ea2e3 …
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