Electronic Commerce
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General
Digital Economy 2003
U.S. Department of Commerce. This is the Department’s fifth annual report on conditions in U.S. information technology (IT) industries and the effects of IT on national economic performance.
http://www.esa.doc.gov/DigitalEconomy2003.cfm
Internet Statistics: Explanation and Sources
Congressional Research Service, April 2003. This report for Congress addresses the complexities of measuring e-commerce growth, and provides background information on U.S. Government and private firms' methods for estimating growth. The report also includes selected statistics on the estimated size and growth of e-commerce, and useful URLs for finding e-commerce statistics.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/trade/ecomm/rl31270.pdf
Electronic Commerce: An Introduction
Congressional Research Service, updated April 1, 2002. This report for Congress looks at the continuing growth of electronic commercial transactions over the Internet and the e-commerce policy issues of interest to the 107th Congress. These include protection and security issues, e-commerce taxation, the exclusion of small businesses from e-commerce growth, and the impact of the EU and WTO on global e-commerce policy.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/trade/ecomm/rs20426.pdf
International Electronic Commerce: Definitions and Policy Implications
General Accounting Office, March 2002. This report examines definitions and other significant aspects of international electronic commerce (IEC) including: collecting U.S. Government data on IEC; removing obstacles and facilitating IEC; adapting commercial and legal frameworks; and addressing barriers through international trade agreements and negotiations.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02404.pdf
Internet Tax
Taxing Internet Transactions
Congressional Research Service, updated January 7, 2004. A discussion of current issues and legislation.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/trade/ecomm/taxing.pdf
Internet Tax Bills in the 108th Congress
Congressional Research Service, updated November 10, 2003. A discussion of issues and pending legislation.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/trade/ecomm/taxbills.pdf
Economic Issues in Taxing
Internet and Mail-Order Sales
Congressional Budget Office (CBO), October 2003. This report--prepared at the request of the Senate Finance Committee--uses an economic framework to evaluate the various arguments that have been advanced by proponents and opponents of remote collection of sales taxes. In keeping with CBO's mandate to provide objective analysis, the report makes no recommendations.
http://ftp.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=4638&sequence;=0
Other Topics
National and State Trends in Fraud & Identity Theft January - December 2003
Federal Trade Commission, January 22, 2004. FTC received over half of a million consumer fraud and identity theft complaints in 2003, and consumers reported losses from fraud of more than $400 million. This report analyzes the complaints.
http://www.consumer.gov/sentinel/pubs/Top10Fraud2003.pdf
Electronic signatures: a review of the exceptions to the electronic signatures in global and National Commerce Act
U.S. Department of Commerce, June 2003. This report contains a detailed review of the nine exceptions to the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (ESIGN or Act), an examination of how the exceptions are handled in electronic commercial and personal transactions, and recommendations regarding whether each exception should remain in the Act for the protection of consumers.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/frnotices/2002/esign/report2003/esignfinal.pdf
Online Links to Electronic Commerce Resources
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