[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 5062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2437]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


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

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice announcing dates of workshop, extending deadline for 
public comments, and modifying comment submission procedure.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission has: (1) set June 8-9, 1999 as 
the dates for its public workshop examining U.S. perspectives on 
consumer protection in the global electronic marketplace announced in 
63 Federal Register 69289 (December 16, 1998); (2) extended its 
deadline for receipt of comments to March 26, 1999; and (3) modified 
the procedure for comment submission to allow for electronic 
submissions.

DATES: The deadline for papers and written comments has been extended 
to March 26, 1999. The workshop will be held June 8 and June 9, 1999.

Comment Submission Procedure:

    Written comments should be submitted to: Secretary, Federal Trade 
Commission, Room H-159, 600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC, 
20580. The Commission requests that commenters submit the original plus 
five copies, if feasible. To enable prompt review and accessibility to 
the public, papers and comments 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 comments submitted to the 
following e-mail address [email protected]>. All submissions should 
be captioned: ``U.S. Perspectives on Consumer Protection in the Global 
Electronic Marketplace--Comment, P994312.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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, 
NW, Washington, DC 20580, telephone 202-326-2249, e-mail 
<[email protected]>; or Jonathan Smollen, Attorney, Division of 
Financial Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade 
Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580, 
telephone 202-326-3457, e-mail <[email protected]>.

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

    By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-2437 Filed 2-1-99; 8:45 am]
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