See my comments, below.
Bruce Speyer wrote:
> (copied from the 3/Jan/97 Scout report SCOUT-REPORT@LISTS.INTERNIC.NET)
>
> _A Framework for Global Electronic Commerce_
> from the Information Infrastructure Task Force
>
> http://www.iitf.nist.gov/electronic_commerce.htm
>
> The US President's Information Infrastructure Task Force (IIT) has recently
> released a draft of this report, which is concerned with "preparing a
> strategy to help accelerate the growth of global commerce across the
> Internet." Major policy recommendations include: "fostering the Internet as
> a non-regulatory, market-driven medium"; "ensuring a transparent and
> harmonized global legal environment"; and "allowing competition and
> consumer choice to shape the marketplace." The report is a joint effort of
> the Executive Office of the President, the Departments of State, the
> Treasury, Justice, and Commerce, the Federal Communications Commission, and
> the Federal Trade Commission.
> Bruce Speyer
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Does this mean that they're going to change the ridiculous US government crypto-policies? If it doesn't, then it's just more "motherhoods"! I'm talking about real change, not shifting the unworkable, anal-retentive policies from one bureau to another.
Because Clinton and Gore are more progressive than, say, Hatch and Helms does not mean that they are doing the right thing in this area. Chanting "Information Highway" is not the same as aiding its progress.
This affects all elements of the global economy, enterprise integration (especially for global enterprises), electronic commerce, and the future of distributed IT.
Lee Rothstein
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