[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 67 (Thursday, April 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18032-18033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8425]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Federal Trade Commission


Public Workshop: Alternative Dispute Resolution for Consumer 
Transactions in the Borderless Online Marketplace

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce; 
Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice Announcing Dates and Location of Workshop and Extending 
Deadline for Public Comments.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') 
and the Federal Trade Commission (the ``FTC'') have (1) set their 
public workshop on alternative dispute resolution (``ADR'') for online 
consumer transactions (announced in 65 FR 7831 (Feb. 16, 2000)) for 
June 6-7, 2000, in the Department of Commerce Main Auditorium; and (2) 
extended the deadline for receipt of comments to April 19, 2000.

DATES AND LOCATION: The deadline for written comments has been extended 
to April 19, 2000. The workshop will be held June 6 and 7, 2000 in the 
Department of Commerce, Main Auditorium, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20239.

ADDRESSES: Mail written comments to Secretary Federal Trade Commission, 
Room H-159, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580.

SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS: Comments should be captioned ``Alternative 
Dispute Resolution for Consumer Transactions in the Borderless Online 
Marketplace.'' To enable prompt review and public access, paper 
submissions should include three hard copies and a version on diskette 
in ASCII, WordPerfect (please specify version), or Microsoft Word 
(please specify version) format. Diskettes should be labeled with the 
name of the party and the name and version of the word processing 
program used to create the document. As an alternative to paper 
submissions, email comments to: [email protected]. Messages to that address 
will receive a reply in acknowledgment. Comments submitted in 
electronic form should be in ASCII, WordPerfect (please specify 
version), or Microsoft Word (please specify version) format.
    Written comments will be available for public inspection in 
accordance with

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the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552 and Commission 
regulations, 16 CFR Part 4.9 on normal business days between the hours 
of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, 
DC 20580. The Department and the FTC will make this notice, and, to the 
extent possible, all papers or comments received in response to this 
notice available to the public through the Internet at: http://www.ecommerce.gov/adr.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A workshop agenda will be published 
closer to the date of the workshop. For questions about the workshop, 
please contact either Kate Rodriguez, International Trade 
Administration, phone (202) 482-2145; email: kate [email protected] 
or Maneesha Mithal, Federal Trade Commission, phone: (202) 326-2771; 
email: [email protected]. All materials relating to the workshop can also 
be found at http://www.ecommerce.gov/ad.

    By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark
Secretary.
Barbara S. Wellbery,
Counsellor to the Under Secretary for Electronic Commerce International 
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 00-8425 Filed 4-5-00; 8:45 am]
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