roundtable: A FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

roundtable: A FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

A FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

Kevin Taglang (kevint@benton.org)
Tue, 1 Jul 1997 17:16:20 -0400 

To: roundtable@cni.org
From: Kevin Taglang <kevint@benton.org>
Subject: A FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 17:16:20 -0400
Message-Id: <19970701211620408.AAA224@W135.benton.org>


A FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
Now Available Online at <http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/New/Commerce/>
 

The United States government has prepared a strategy to help accelerate the
growth of global commerce across the Internet. Under the leadership of Vice
President Gore, an interagency working group on Electronic Commerce1 has
prepared, A FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE. The interagency
working group has been meeting for the past 18 months, analyzing the issues
and consulting with academics, business representatives, consumer groups,
and members of the Internet community in order to prepare the FRAMEWORK. An
earlier version was available for public comment and appeared on the World
Wide Web <http://www.iitf.nist.gov/eleccomm/exec_sum.htm> last December. 

The FRAMEWORK establishes a set of principles to guide policy development,
outlines the Administration positions on a number of key issues related to
electronic commerce, and provides a road map for international negotiations,
where appropriate. It also identifies which government agencies will take
the lead in implementing this work. 

The Clinton Administration has developed this Framework because it is a
critical element of the Administration's agenda on trade and technology 
as it discusses the commercial implications of the Global Information
Infrastructure (GII). With responsible private sector leadership and 
support from our colleagues in Congress, state and local governments, 
the Clinton Administration hopes to work with our international trading 
partners and ensure the development of a free and open global electronic 
marketplace. 

The interagency working group consists of high-level representatives of
several cabinet agencies, including the Departments of Treasury, State,
Justice and Commerce, as well as the Executive Office of the President,
including the Council of Economic Advisors, the National Economic Council,
the National Security Council, the Office of Management and Budget, the
Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Office of the Vice-President,
and the U.S. Trade Representative. Independent commissions including the
Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission also have
been involved. 

The President writes, "The invention of the steam engine two centuries ago
and the harnessing of electricity ushered in an industrial revolution that
fundamentally altered the way we work, brought the world's people closer
together in space and time, and brought us greater prosperity. Today, the
invention of the integrated circuit and computer and the harnessing of light
for communications have made possible the creation of the global Internet
and an electronic revolution that will once again transform our lives."

Kevin Taglang
<kevint@benton.org>

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