Fat city
by Donald Lambro · first published 1980
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…Richard Stallman has been since around the same time). Good thing they gutted it in 1995, I guess. Congress didn't want the public to find out about such facts. > Criticism of the agency was fueled by Fat City, a 1980 book by Donald Lambro that was regarded favorably by the Reagan administration; it called OTA an "unnecessary agency" that duplicated government work done elsewhere. OTA was abolished (technically…
on “Report warns computers may threaten constitutional rights (1982)” ↗If you read more closely, the book Fat City: How Washington Wastes Your Taxes was the one which stated that it was an "unnecessary agency" and the Regan admin liked the book. Newt Gingrich was the one who spearheaded the closure of the OTA.
on “Strengthening Congressional Independence from Corporate Lobbyists” ↗