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Principles of Electronic Commerce
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 02:41:13 -0400
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 23:03:57 -0500 From: shaynes () research westlaw com (Steve Haynes) On Tuesday last week Mega Project I ("Visions and Applications") of the U.S. Advisory Council on the NII adopted its "Principles of Electronic Commerce." Although these will eventually be fleshed out by Guideposts, Action Items and Issues, and although the principles have not yet been approved by the full Council (I will forward them when that occurs), this is a public document and I think readers of this list will find the Principles interesting. Steve Haynes ------------------------------------------------ PRINCIPLES FOR ELECTRONIC COMMERCE MEGA PROJECT I (Draft, October 19, 1994) Electronic commerce is commerce transacted using information infrastructure capabilities. Commerce includes domestic and international transactions between businesses, individuals, and government. 1. Once the NII is widely used, the lives of individual Americans should be enhanced by the creation of new jobs, the availability of more and different products and services, lower costs for many products and services, and added convenience to every day living. Similarly, the NII should positively impact the health of American businesses by creating new markets, expanding existing markets, and increasing productivity and efficiency. 2. As the development and deployment of the NII takes place, workplaces will be transformed. Worker training and adaptation mechanisms are necessary to ease the transition for individual workers and to make the most productive use of the new technologies. 3. A vigorous competitive environment, led by the private sector, will accelerate the deployment of the NII and the development of a wide range of products and services for electronic commerce. 4. Protection of intellectual property, transaction security, the rights of users, integrity of data, consumer protection and privacy are essential to widespread use of electronic commerce applications. 5. The primary roles of government in the utilization of electronic commerce capabilities are to ensure consumer protection, vigorous competition, and intellectual property protection. Government should work with the private sector and other stakeholds to ensure the development and use of security and privacy standards. 6. Local, state and federal government should stimulate the development and use of the NII through electronic procurement of goods and services, offering government services to the public electronically, and through consumer awareness campaigns to promote the adoption of the NII. 7. While the private sector should take the lead in the development of electronic commerce applications, the higher education and other research communities will continue to play a vital role in the advancement of research and development. Government funding for electronic commerce should be primarily applied to pre-competitive research and the government procurement process.
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