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Copyright © 1999, Congressional Information
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99 CIS H 72133
TITLE: E-Commerce:
The Benefits and Pitfalls of Conducting Business over the
Internet
CIS-NO: 99-H721-33
SOURCE:
Committee on Small Business. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: May 26, 1999
LENGTH:
iii+164 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1031-A; 1031-B
SUDOC: Y4.SM1:106-15
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477 (Full
Text Reproductions)
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No.
106-15. Hearing to examine implications of recent increase in
Internet electronic commerce (e-commerce) for small business
growth and competition, and to examine e-commerce transaction security issues.
Supplementary material (p. 57-164) includes submitted statements
and witnesses' written statements and written replies to Committee questions.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Electronic commerce, small business
implications and transaction security issues
DESCRIPTORS:
COMPUTER AND
TELECOMMUNICATION SECURITY; INTERNET; SMALL BUSINESS;
COMPETITION
99-H721-33 TESTIMONY NO: 1 May 26, 1999
p. 6-55, 69-164
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
HILL, DANIEL O. (Assistant Administrator, Technology, SBA)
MILLER, HARRIS N. (President, Information Technology
Association)
WHINSTON, ANDREW B. (Director, Center for
Research in Electronic Commerce, University of Texas, Austin)
ANDERSON, ALAN W. (Senior Vice President, Technical
Services, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants)
HANSON, BRIAN (Owner, Hanson Brothers Fresh Seafood)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Overview of SBA
programs to encourage small business e-commerce; factors contributing to
increase in e-commerce, with implications for small and medium-sized businesses;
strategies to enhance competition among small businesses and large online
companies.
Barriers to small business e-commerce,
including lack of consumer confidence in Internet transaction
safety; review of audit criteria used to determine security of e-commerce
Internet sites (related materials, p. 129-157); positive
personal experiences in conducting small business e-commerce; elaboration on
e-commerce transaction safety and sales tax issues.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Electronic commerce, small business
implications and transaction security issues
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION; SMALL
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION; CONSUMERS; ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING; SALES
TAX 
