[lug] Karen Brown's Testimony on E-Commerce (fwd)

[Wayde Allen]

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Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 06:56:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: NIST Announcements <announce at nist.gov>
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Subject: Karen Brown's Testimony on E-Commerce

NIST Deputy Director Karen Brown will be testifying on June 22 at
10:30 a.m. before the House Science Subcommittee on Technology
(Morella, R-MD, Chairwoman) on E-Commerce: A Review of Standards and
Technology to Support Interoperability.  This hearing will discuss
the current state of e-commerce and will examine how standards
facilitate the seamless transfer of business information during e-
commerce transactions.  The hearing is scheduled to be webcasted and
will be available at the following website
(http://www.house.gov/science/welcome.htm) 15 minutes prior to the
start of the hearing (approximately 10:15 a.m.).

Other witnesses expected to testify include: Keith Krach, Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Ariba, Inc.; Ron Zoppo,
Director of Electronic Commerce, CompTIA; and Ken Baker, President,
ERIM.

In order to view the hearing via the web, you will need the Real
Player plug-in that is available for free downloading at
<http://www.real.com/products/player/index.html>.  Please select to
download the free RealPlayer 8 Basic Beta .