[Upd-discuss] Barriers to e-commerce comments due today

[James Love]

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 people to ]
file comments before 17 March on "barriers to electronic commerce." 

  [snip]

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."