Yesterday, the Washington, D.C. based policy studies organization, The Aspen Institute, hosted a debate on the issue of Network Neutrality and preserving the open Internet.  The event, “Getting Serious on the Net Neutrality Debate” featured industry and academic experts arguing both sides of the issue. 

Andrew Borakove, owner of Gongs Unlimited in Lincoln, Nebraska, recently submitted an op-ed on the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act that would require tech-enabled small businesses to comply with sales tax laws and regulations in states where they have no presence.   Borakove, like many small business owners across the nation, is concerned about how he would compete with big-box retailers if he would be forced to become tax collectors for every jurisdiction in the United States.

Last week, Ben Werlin, co-owner of Music Store Live, was interviewed by the Burlington Free Press on how the pending Internet sales tax bill in Congress would impact small businesses like his.  Music Store Live, is a perfect success story of how technology can enable small businesses in rural states like Vermont to have not only a national but a g

Staffers representing House of Representatives leadership, Energy and Commerce Committee and their Members, and eBay Inc. Government Relations.

This week eBay Inc. CEO John Donahoe sat down with Ireland Taoiseach (Prime Minister), Enda Kenny to discuss eBay Inc.’s investment in Ireland and to thank him for his close partnership.  Last year, eBay Inc. was honored to have the Taoiseach open the new eBay Inc. international operations center in Dundalk, Ireland, marking the company’s continued growth.  Today, eBay Inc. employs over 2,000 people in Ireland who help businesses and consumers take advantage of seamless shopping online, on mobile and on the high street.  That growth continues today as eBay Inc.

Rick Courtemanche, resident of New Hampshire, recently submitted a letter to the editor of Seacoast Online that thanked Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) for opposing the Marketplace Fairness Act.  Courtemanche wrote that “there is little fairness in the Marketplace Fairness Act, and its implementation would place an unfair burden on New Hampshire retail businesses.”  In addition, he explained that with over  9,000 taxing authorities in the United States, requiring a small business to purchase and maintain computer software and the corresponding staff to support it is n