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Thu, 02 Mar 2000 16:26:11 -0500

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[I advertently forwarded Ed Mierzwinski's message without the following 
comment:]

The web-based submission for this is pretty cumbersome since it's divided 
into many questions and you don't have a clear record of what you 
submit.  However, the Federal Register notice 
(http://osecnt13.osec.doc.gov/ecommerce/barriers.nsf) allows comments to be 
submitted as an email attachment.  See excerpt below:

This is an important process for public interest input.  It would be useful 
if some of the groups who intend to respond could provide a checklist of 
issues that might be addressed.

 From the Federal Register notice:

                    ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted via the Web at 
http://www.ecommerce.gov/ebarriers/respond. Alternatively, electronic 
submissions may be sent as documents attached to E-mail messages addressed 
to ebarriers@ita.doc.gov. Submissions made as E-mail attachments or 
submitted on floppy disks should be in WordPerfect, Microsoft Word or ASCII 
format. Diskettes should be labeled with the name of the party and the name 
and version of the word processing program used to create the document. 
Paper submissions may be mailed to the Subgroup on Legal Barriers to 
Electronic Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room 2815, Washington D.C. 20230. If possible, 
paper submissions should include floppy disks in WordPerfect, Microsoft 
Word or ASCII format. Except for floppy disks with paper submissions, 
duplicate copies should not be submitted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Clark, phone: 202-482-3843; 
E-mail: kclark@doc.gov.

At 02:45 PM 3/2/00 -0500, Ed Mierzwinski wrote:
>TO: Privacy and Consumer Groups
>FR: Ed Mierzwinski
>RE: Comments sought on barriers to electronic commerce.
>2 Mar 00
>
>Today, the Chair of the US Government Working Group on Electronic Commerce,
>David Beier, [Chief Domestic Policy Advisor for the Vice President], asked
>Pamela Gilbert of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, [a member of
>the working group and former USPIRG and Public Citizen staffer], to contact
>consumer groups and urge them to consider filing comments before 17 March
>on "barriers to electronic commerce." I told Pamela I would forward a note
>to all the groups and individuals I know that are working on this matter. I
>apologize in advance for cross-postings. [I am posting to the Markey-Shelby
>list, the TACD list, and Jamie's list. Feel free to post to other groups.]
>International groups and friends, I hope they would be interested in your
>views, too.
>
>Mr. Beier and the WG are specifically interested in consumer group views on
>all aspects of the issue, especially since we might have views about
>**maintaining** some perceived barriers, because they are actually consumer
>protections. Comments are due by 17 March, although it is possible that
>since these are comments to a working group, rather than to a formal
>rulemaking, late filings would be acceptable. Here are three web addresses:
>
>The Working group page-- with links to all US govt e-commerce projects.
><www.ecommerce.gov>
>
>The barriers comments home page--
><http://osecnt13.osec.doc.gov/ecommerce/barriers.nsf>
>
>Jump right to the on-line comments pages--
><http://www.ecommerce.gov/ebarriers/respond>
>
>Here is an excerpt:
>"To implement these objectives, the President mandated that the United
>States Government Working Group on Electronic Commerce: (1) identify laws
>and regulations that impose barriers to the growth of electronic commerce,
>and (2) recommend how these laws and regulations should be revised to
>facilitate the development of electronic commerce, while ensuring that
>protection of the public interest (including consumer protection) is
>equivalent to that provided with respect to offline commerce. The President
>mandated that the Commerce Department lead a subgroup to implement this
>work, and the Subgroup on Legal Barriers to Electronic Commerce has been
>formed to carry out those responsibilities.
>The President directed the Subgroup to invite the public to participate in
>this effort by identifying laws or regulations that may obstruct, hinder or
>discriminate against electronic commerce, including those that should be
>modified on a priority basis. The Subgroup was also charged with inviting
>public comment on how such laws and regulations could be adapted to the
>electronic environment while ensuring that public interest protections will
>be equivalent to those now provided in offline commerce. This Notice and
>Request for Comment implements those directives."
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Ecommerce mailing list
>Ecommerce@lists.essential.org
>http://lists.essential.org/mailman/listinfo/ecommerce

Brian Kahin
kahin@wyoming.com
Internet Policy Institute Fellow
Visiting Scholar, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE), 
University of California
www.bigfoot.com/~kahin

10405 Fawcett St.
Kensington, MD 20895
301-962-3790
Fax: 301-962-3791

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[I advertently forwarded Ed Mierzwinski's message without
the following comment:]

The web-based submission for this is pretty cumbersome since it's divided
into many questions and you don't have a clear record of what you
submit.  However, the Federal Register notice
(http://osecnt13.osec.doc.gov/ecommerce/barriers.nsf)
allows comments to be submitted as an email attachment.  See excerpt
below:

This is an important process for public interest input.  It would be
useful if some of the groups who intend to respond could provide a
checklist of issues that might be addressed.

From the Federal Register notice:

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p;     
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted via the Web at
http://w=
ww.ecommerce.gov/ebarriers/respond.
Alternatively, electronic submissions may be sent as documents attached
to E-mail messages addressed to ebarriers@ita.doc.gov. Submissions made
as E-mail attachments or submitted on floppy disks should be in
WordPerfect, Microsoft Word or ASCII format. Diskettes should be labeled
with the name of the party and the name and version of the word
processing program used to create the document. Paper submissions may be
mailed to the Subgroup on Legal Barriers to Electronic Commerce, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room
2815, Washington D.C. 20230. If possible, paper submissions should
include floppy disks in WordPerfect, Microsoft Word or ASCII format.
Except for floppy disks with paper submissions, duplicate copies should
not be submitted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Clark, phone: 202-482-3843;
E-mail: kclark@doc.gov.

At 02:45 PM 3/2/00 -0500, Ed Mierzwinski wrote:

TO: Privacy and Consumer Groups

FR: Ed Mierzwinski

RE: Comments sought on barriers to electronic commerce.

2 Mar 00

Today, the Chair of the US Government Working Group on Electronic
Commerce,

David Beier, [Chief Domestic Policy Advisor for the Vice President],
asked

Pamela Gilbert of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, [a member
of

the working group and former USPIRG and Public Citizen staffer], to
contact

consumer groups and urge them to consider filing comments before 17
March

on "barriers to electronic commerce." I told Pamela I would
forward a note

to all the groups and individuals I know that are working on this matter.
I

apologize in advance for cross-postings. [I am posting to the
Markey-Shelby

list, the TACD list, and Jamie's list. Feel free to post to other
groups.]

International groups and friends, I hope they would be interested in
your

views, too.

Mr. Beier and the WG are specifically interested in consumer group views
on

all aspects of the issue, especially since we might have views=20
about

**maintaining** some perceived barriers, because they are actually
consumer

protections. Comments are due by 17 March, although it is possible
that

since these are comments to a working group, rather than to a=20
formal

rulemaking, late filings would be acceptable. Here are three web
addresses:

The Working group page-- with links to all US govt e-commerce
projects.

<www.ecommerce.g=
ov>

The barriers comments home page--

<http://osecnt13.osec.doc.gov/ecommerce/barriers.nsf>

Jump right to the on-line comments pages--

<http://www.ecommerce.gov/ebarriers/respond>

Here is an excerpt:

"To implement these objectives, the President mandated that the
United

States Government Working Group on Electronic Commerce: (1) identify
laws

and regulations that impose barriers to the growth of electronic
commerce,

and (2) recommend how these laws and regulations should be revised
to

facilitate the development of electronic commerce, while ensuring
that

protection of the public interest (including consumer protection)=20
is

equivalent to that provided with respect to offline commerce. The
President

mandated that the Commerce Department lead a subgroup to implement
this

work, and the Subgroup on Legal Barriers to Electronic Commerce has
been

formed to carry out those responsibilities.

The President directed the Subgroup to invite the public to participate
in

this effort by identifying laws or regulations that may obstruct, hinder
or

discriminate against electronic commerce, including those that should
be

modified on a priority basis. The Subgroup was also charged with
inviting

public comment on how such laws and regulations could be adapted to
the

electronic environment while ensuring that public interest protections
will

be equivalent to those now provided in offline commerce. This Notice
and

Request for Comment implements those directives." 

_______________________________________________

Ecommerce mailing list

Ecommerce@lists.essential.org

http://lists.essential.org/mailman/listinfo/ecommerce

Brian Kahin
kahin@wyoming.com
Internet Policy Institute Fellow
Visiting Scholar, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy=
 (BRIE), University of California
www.bigfoot.com/~kahin

10405 Fawcett St.
Kensington, MD 20895
301-962-3790
Fax: 301-962-3791

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