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New Clinton Anti-Privacy Czar? (was Re: NewsScan Daily, 24
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Tue Aug 24 17:23:41 1999
In-Reply-To: <199908241600.MAA14134@marcella.ecarm.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 14:48:40 -0400
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net, cryptography@c2.net
From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
At 7:43 AM -0700 on 8/24/99, NewsScan wrote:
> CLINTON ADMINISTRATION APPOINTS NEW E-COMMERCE ADVISOR
> The Clinton Administration has appointed Elizabeth Echols to a new White
> House post that will coordinate e-commerce issues. The Electronic Commerce
> Working Group, which will be headed up by Echols, will focus its initial
> efforts on resolving the complex debate over broadband Internet access.
> Echols also plans to target consumer protections online and creating a
> global e-commerce framework. "My job is really to coordinate the numerous
> agencies that are involved," says Echols. "There are at least 12 federal
> agencies that are working in electronic commerce. The idea is to have one
> central place at the White House where we can work together and shape one
> Administration policy." (Cybertimes/New York Times 24 Aug 99)
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/08/cyber/capital/24capital.html
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