At 7:43 AM -0700 on 8/24/99, NewsScan wrote: > CLINTON ADMINISTRATION APPOINTS NEW E-COMMERCE ADVISOR > The Clinton Administration has appointed Elizabeth Echols to a new White > House post that will coordinate e-commerce issues. The Electronic Commerce > Working Group, which will be headed up by Echols, will focus its initial > efforts on resolving the complex debate over broadband Internet access. > Echols also plans to target consumer protections online and creating a > global e-commerce framework. "My job is really to coordinate the numerous > agencies that are involved," says Echols. "There are at least 12 federal > agencies that are working in electronic commerce. The idea is to have one > central place at the White House where we can work together and shape one > Administration policy." (Cybertimes/New York Times 24 Aug 99) > http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/08/cyber/capital/24capital.html ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
