A bill introduced late last week in the U.S. House of Representatives by Commerce Committee Chairman Thomas Bliley (R-Virginia.) could give the use of electronic signatures in e-commerce Congressional backing. The Electronic Signatures in the Global and National Commerce Act, or E-SIGN, would make very little substantive change in the way electronic commerce is currently conducted but would put into official language the U.S. government’s support for promoting secure transactions over the Internet.
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Electronic Signatures Gaining Momentum on Capitol Hill
Posted by: Mary Hillebrand May 10, 1999 12:00 AMA bill introduced late last week in the U.S. House of Representatives by Commerce Committee Chairman Thomas Bliley (R-Virginia.) could give the use of electronic signatures in e-commerce Congressional backing. The Electronic Signatures in the Global and National Commerce Act, or E-SIGN, would make very little substantive change in the way electronic commerce is currently conducted but would put into official language the U.S. government’s support for promoting secure transactions over the Internet.