While online privacy has been a major concern of the FTC as a critical component to the development of electronic commerce, the FTC Act dates back to 1914 and applies equally in the offline world.

This will stimulate the roll-out of high-speed Internet access services to small business users and consumers, facilitating the growth of e-commerce and e-business.

This appropriation is intended to cover the cost of subscriptions to newspapers, specialist periodicals, official journals, parliamentary papers, foreign trade statistics, various bulletins, on-line databases, other specialised publications and library services.