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E-Commerce Links

E-commerce Web sites with important information for small businesses.

• The Center for Democracy and Technology
  The Center for Democracy and Technology is a private sector, not-for-profit organization, which works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age.

• COPA Commission
  The COPA Commission is a Congressionally appointed panel, which was formed to identify technological or other methods that will help reduce access by minors to material that is harmful to minors on the Internet.

• Department of Commerce (DOC)
  The Commerce Department oversees the nation's economic infrastructure, resources, and assets, while promoting U.S. competitiveness, cutting-edge science, and technology.

• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
  The FTC enforces a variety of federal antitrust, unfair trade practices, and consumer protection laws. The FTC seeks to ensure that the nation's markets function competitively, and are vigorous, efficient, and free of undue restrictions.

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  The FCC is an independent United States government agency, directly responsible to Congress that regulates interstate communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable. The FCC seeks to ensure that the radio spectrum and wired communications operate in the public interest

• Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
  ICANN is the non-profit corporation that has technical oversight of Internet protocol address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system management functions.

• National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
  NTIA, a branch of the Department of Commerce, is the Executive Branch's principal authority on domestic and international telecommunications and information technology issues.

• Patent and Trademark Office Page (PTO)
  The PTO is a non-commercial federal agency which oversees the registration of trademarks, patents, and copyrights. It seeks to promote the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries.

• Understanding the Digital Economy
  Digitaleconomy.com is the Commerce Department’s Web site that discusses the rapid growth of e-commerce, information, computing, and communications sectors, and their effect on the nation's economy.

• U.S. Government Electronic Policy
  Ecommerce.gov is the Commerce Department’s primary Web page for providing interested parties with information on the government actions on e-commerce policies.
  
  

    

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