The Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce was established in 1998 by the United States Congress to study "federal, state and local, and international taxation and tariff treatment of transactions using the Internet and Internet access and other comparable intrastate, interstate or international sales activities." Governor James S. Gilmore, III chaired the Commission.
From the guide to the Executive Office Congressional E-Commerce Commission Files for Governor James S. Gilmore, 1999-2000, (The Library of Virginia)
James Stuart Gilmore III was elected Virginia's 68th Governor in November 1997 and served in this capacity from January 1998 to January 2002. Jim Gilmore was born in Richmond, Virginia, on October 6, 1949. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1971 with a degree in Foreign Policy and then joined the U.S. Army, where he then graduated with honors from the Army Intelligence School. He joined the 650th Military Intelligence Group and was stationed in West Germany. After his tour was completed, he entered law school at the University of Virginia and graduated in 1977. Jim Gilmore was elected in 1987 as Commonwealth's Attorney for Henrico County, was reelected in 1991 and was elected Virginia's Attorney General in 1993. He is married to the former Roxane Gatling of Suffolk.
From the guide to the Policy Office Legislative Files of Governor James S. Gilmore, 1998-2001, (The Library of Virginia)
