[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 44790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18189]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Public Workshop: Competition Policy in the World of B2B 
Electronic Marketplaces

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice announcing extension of deadline.

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SUMMARY: the Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') will 
extend to July 21, 2000, the date by which it will accept written 
presentations relating to the June 29-30, 2000, FTC workshop examining 
issues of competition policy that arise in connection with business-to-
business (``B2B'') electronic marketplaces.

DATES: Written presentations may be submitted by July 21, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Any interested person may submit by July 21, 2000, a written 
presentation that will be considered part of the public record of the 
workshop. Written presentations should be submitted in both hard copy 
and electronic form. Six hard copies of each submission should be 
addressed to Donald S. Clark, Office of the Secretary, Federal Trade 
Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580. 
Submissions should be captioned ``Comments regarding B2B Electronic 
Marketplaces.'' Electronic submissions may be sent by electronic mail 
to [email protected]. Alternatively, electronic submissions may 
be filed on a 3\1/2\ inch computer disk with a label on the disk 
stating the name of the submitter and the name and version of the word 
processing program used to create the document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain information about the 
workshop, please contact Gail Levine, Assistant Director for Policy 
Planning, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20580, telephone (202) 326-3193, e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 29-30, 2000, the FTC held a workshop 
that brought together designers, owners, and operators of B2B 
electronic marketplaces, and the buyers and sellers who use or wish to 
use them. The goal was to enhance understanding of how B2B electronic 
marketplaces function and the means by which they may generate 
efficiencies, and to identify any antitrust issues that they raise. A 
transcript of the discussions will be posted on the FTC website as soon 
as it is available. Some of the questions that the workshop addressed 
are available in a previously issued Federal Register notice, available 
at http://www.ftc.gov/os/2000/05/b2workshopfrn.htm.

    By direction of the Commission.
Benjamin I. Berman,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-18189 Filed 7-18-00; 8:45 am]
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