[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 113 (Monday, June 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36888-36889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14763]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

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 Reopening of Public Comment Period.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') 
and the Federal Trade Commission (the ``FTC'') have extended the 
deadline to June 29, 2000, for submitting comments in the public 
workshop on alternative dispute resolution (``ADR'') for online 
consumer transactions (announced in 65 FR 7831 (Feb. 16, 2000)).

DATES: Public comments will be accepted until June 29, 2000.

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 alterntive 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 (plese specify verion), 
or Microsoft Word (please specify version) format. Written comments 
will be available for public inspection in accordance with 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 
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: For questions about the workshop, 
please contact either Kate Rodriguez, International Trade 
Administration, phone (202) 482-2145; email: [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/adr.


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    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. 00-14763 Filed 6-9-00; 8:45 am]
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