--- begin forwarded text Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 18:18:50 -0500 (EST) From: Frank Sudia <aurelius@panix.com> To: Digital Commerce Society of Boston <dcsb@ai.mit.edu> Subject: H.R. 2991 The Electronic Commerce Enhancement Act (fwd) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: bounce-dcsb@ai.mit.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Frank Sudia <aurelius@panix.com>

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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 13:57:18 -0500 From: "Bennett, Daniel" <Daniel.Bennett@mail.house.gov> To: "'st-isc@abanet.org'" <st-isc@abanet.org> Subject: H.R. 2991 The Electronic Commerce Enhancement Act Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Rep. W.J. (Billy) Tauzin (R-LA) have introduced the Electronic Commerce Enhancement Act (H.R. 2991), which would instruct federal agencies to make versions of their forms available online and allow people to sign the forms using digital signatures--the online equivalent of written signatures. At present, only some government documents are available online, and most agencies accept only physical signatures to verify the authenticity of forms sent to them. Rep. Eshoo serves on the House Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection, which is chaired by Rep. Tauzin.

Bill Text is at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:H.R.2991: Bill Summary is at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d105:h.r.02991: Rep. Anna Eshoo http://www-eshoo.house.gov/ Rep. Billy Tauzin http://www.house.gov/tauzin/

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