Public Workshop: U.S. Perspectives on Consumer Protection in the Global Electronic Marketplace

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 77 (Thursday, April 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19782-19783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10075]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Public Workshop: U.S. Perspectives on Consumer Protection in the 
Global Electronic Marketplace

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.


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ACTION: Notice extending comment period to April 30, 1999.

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SUMMARY: In connection with the Federal Trade Commission's request for 
public comments on U.S. perspectives on consumer protection in the 
global electronic marketplace announced in 63 FR 69289 (December 16, 
1998), the Commission has extended the period to April 30, 1999. Public 
comments already submitted are posted on the Commission's Web page, at 
<http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/icpw/comment/index.html>.

DATES: The deadline for public comments is April 30, 1999. The dates of 
the workshop are June 8-9, 1999.

COMMENT SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Written responses should be submitted to: 
Secretary, Federal Trade Commission, Room H-159, 600 Pennsylvania Ave., 
N.W., Washington, D.C., 20580. The Commission requests that commenters 
submit the original plus five copies, if feasible. To enable prompt 
review and accessibility to the public, responses also should be 
submitted, if possible, in electronic form, on either one 5\1/4\ or one 
3\1/2\ inch computer disk, with a disk label stating the name of the 
submitter and the name and version of the word processing program used 
to create the document. (Programs based on DOS or Windows are 
preferred. Files from other operating systems should be submitted in 
ASCII text format.) Alternatively, the Commission will accept responses 
submitted via the Internet to [email protected]>. All submissions 
should be captioned: ``U.S. Perspectives on Consumer Protection in the 
Global Electronic Marketplace--Comment, P994312.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: A workshop agenda and information about 
participation will be published closer to the date of the workshop. For 
questions about the workshop, contact either: Lisa Rosenthal, Legal 
Advisor for International Consumer Protection, Division of Planning and 
Information, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580, telephone 202-
326-2249, e-mail <lrosenthal@ftc.gov>; or Jonathan Smollen, Attorney, 
Division of Financial Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal 
Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20580, telephone 202-326-3457, e-mail <jsmollen@ftc.gov>.

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.

    By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-10075 Filed 4-21-99; 8:45 am]
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