Abstract :
The article focuses on federal government initiatives to measure electronic business throughout the US. Many federal agencies already collect data on different aspects of electronic commerce. These agencies include the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the National Telecommunications Industry Administration, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Federal Communications Commission, just to name a few. To illustrate the issues related to statistics collection, the author focuses on the US Census Bureau´s E-Stats program to measure e-business
Keywords :
demography; economics; electronic commerce; government policies; statistical analysis; Bureau of Economic Analysis; E-Stats program; Federal Communications Commission; National Telecommunications Industry Administration; US Census Bureau; e-business infrastructure; electronic business measurement; electronic commerce; federal government initiatives; statistics collection; Communication industry; Consumer electronics; Economic indicators; Electronic commerce; Macroeconomics; Manufacturing; Position measurement; Statistical analysis; Statistics; US Government;
