the o.t.a., as it was known, functioned well for 25 years. it produced reports on such topics as retiring old cars, programs to save gasoline and reduce emissions. that was in 1992. reports on bringing health care online, electronic surveillance in the digital age, impacts of antibiotic resistant bacteria and on and on. the studies of alzheimer's, "losing a million minds," became the bible for alzheimer's policies in america. the o.t.a. study on social security computer systems resulted in changes saving hundreds of millions of dollars. hundreds of millions of dollar. the study on sin fuels resulted in policy savings. the o.t.a. study on the use of genetic testing in the workplace as a tool of discrimination and bias laid the groundwork for the excellent legislation that representative slaughter, the chair of the rules committee, developed in the genetic nondiscrimination act. an o.t.a. report on electronic delivery of federal services led to the food stamp fraud reduction act. and on and on. bu

he wants him at the beginning of o.t.a.'s. when favre declined to make that appearance, childress, through the vikings management, informed bus cook, brett favre's agent, that the team was prepared to move on. they encouraged favre to continue his rehab from arthroscopic shoulder surgery and indicated that they might reconsider their position at some point in the future. as for favre, i fully expect that he will continue his rehab, and as long as he doesn't have second thoughts about whether this is the right thing for him to do, he will be ready to make the decision the vikings want in late june. >> taking a look at the vikings depth chart, tarvaris jackson led the vikings to the playoffs but he was 2-3 as a starter last season. minnesota traded for sage rosenfels, but he's never started more than five games in a season. john david booty comes from the quarterback machine that is u.s.c., but he did not throw a pass last year. yammer and i just getting warmed up. coming up here on espnews, more baseball for you, including a fi