First Meeting of the E-Commerce
Commission
College of William & Mary, University Center
Williamsburg, Virginia
June 21 -- 22, 1999
See the minutes.
See the transcripts.
Agenda
Selected presentations can be downloaded by clicking on
the presenter's name. The files are in Powerpoint or Microsoft Word format
so you must have the appropriate software to view them.
June 21, 1999
| 4:00 p.m. -- 5:00 p.m. |
Organizational Meeting
Location: East Lounge, Williamsburg Inn
- Election of Chairman
- Opening Remarks of Chairman
- Appointment of Executive Director
- Administrative Matters (such as voting on charter, operating
rules, future meeting dates and locations, proposed budget, and
funding program)
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| 5:00 p.m. -- 5:30 p.m. |
Press Availability (Commission Members) |
June 22, 1999
Location: College of William & Mary, University Center
NOTE: The meeting was open to the public
and the media. Also, it
was webcast, courtesty of PSINet.
| 8:00 a.m. -- 8:30 a.m. |
Public Registration |
| 8:30 -- 8:50 |
Opening Remarks
Honorable James S. Gilmore, III, Chairman and
Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia |
| 8:50 -- 9:10 |
Vision of the Internet
John Sidgmore, Vice Chairman MCI WorldCom and
Chairman UUNET and
Commissioner Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce |
| 9:10 -- 10:15 |
Opening Remarks by Commission
Members |
| 10:15 -- 10:30 |
Morning Break |
| 10:30 a.m. -- 12:30 p.m. |
Presentations
Implications of Electronic Commerce for U.S. Domestic Economy
and U.S. International Competitiveness
- Andrew Pincus, General Counsel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Presentation of "The Digital Economy"
- Peter Merrill, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Washington, D.C.
Implications of Electronic Commerce for Global Economy,
International Tax and Tariff Issues
- Joseph Guttentag, Senior Advisor for Tax Policy, U.S. Department
of Treasury
- Donald Abelson, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
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| 12:30 -- 1:30 |
Lunch
Lunch is available for a fee in the food court of the University
Hall. |
| 1:30 -- 1:45 |
Press Conference for Commission
Members |
| 2:00 -- 4:15 |
Presentations (continued)
Sales & Use Taxes in United States
- William Fox, Ph.D., University of Tennessee (Sales Taxes
as Revenue Sources and Cyber Economy)
- Austin Goolsbee, Ph.D., University of Chicago School of Business
(The Impact of Taxation on Internet Sales)
- Walter Hellerstein, J.D., University of Georgia School of
Law (The Law of Sales Taxes in a Cyber Economy)
Policy Perspectives on Taxation in a Cyber Economy
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| 4:15 -- 5:15 |
Open Discussion by Commission
Members |
| 5:15 -- 5:30 |
Closing Remarks by Honorable
James S. Gilmore, III, Chairman &
Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia |
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