Here’s a suggestion for how to increase tech savvy in Congress: Build on the work the GAO is already doing, while creating a specific home for the “squishier” stuff, too. A new paper published by the ...
For a time, Congress had exactly that, in the form of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). But lawmakers shuttered it 30 years ago, and we’re still feeling its absence today. “It was an ...
The Government Accountability Office is stepping up its efforts to help lawmakers get smart on technology issues. Chiefly known to the public as an audit and compliance arm of Congress, GAO is ...