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36 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1044 (1967-1968)
Technology Assessment--A Legislative View

handle is hein.journals/gwlr36 and id is 1046 raw text is: Technology Assessment-A Legislative View EMILIO Q. DADDARIO' A perceptive student of modem science and technology has observed that every major advance in the technological competence of man has enforced revolutionary changes in the economic and political structure of society.1 This is undoubtedly true, but it is my belief that technological changes have become so extreme and occur so rapidly that it is incumbent upon us to reverse the process. We must decide first what society wants and needs-then tailor our technology to help where it can. We cannot any longer let technology run rampant and structure our social environment because of a planning vacuum. There is ample evidence that the legislative branch of the federal govern- ment is already in action to strengthen its ability to deal with this difficulty. Examples of the growing concern in the Senate include Senator Muskie's hear- ings on the proposed Select Committee on Technology and the Human En- vironment,2 the work of Senator Harris under the rubric of Research in the Service of Man,3 the bill introduced by Senators Jackson and Kuchel con- cerning environmental quality,4 and Senator Allott's bill for a joint congres- sional committee on science and technology.5 In the House of Representatives, our Subcommittee on Science, Research and Development is in the midst of a continuing series of related studies. Beginning in c966 with the question of the adequacy of technology for pollution abate- ment,6 we have broadened our public hearings and inquiries to include the In- * Member, United States House of Representatives, Connecticut. i. Commoner, Science and Survival (%966). 2. Hearings on S. Res. 68 to Establish a Select Comm. on Technology and the Human Environment Before the Subcomm. on Intergovernmental Relations of the Senate Comm. on Gov't Operations, 9oth Cong., %st Sess. (%967). 3. Conference on Research in the Service of Man, Oklahoma City, Okla., Oct., 1966; Hearings Before the Subcomm. on Gov't Research of the Senate Comm. on Gov't Opera- tions, 9oth Cong., 1st Sess. (967). 4. S. 2805, 9oth Cong., ist Sess. (1967). 5. S. 13o5, 9oth Cong., ist Sess. (%967). 6. House Comm. on Science and Astronautics, 89th Cong., 2d Sess., The Adequacy of Technology for Pollution Abatement (Comm. Print %966). July 1968 Vol. 36 No. 5 1044

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