11.   A federal commission on electronic commerce met here Monday and Tuesday to debate whether to permit taxation of Internet shopping.

12.   A federal commission recommended that the vast Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals be restructured into three subdivisions, but not split apart as some court-watchers had wanted.

13.   A federal advisory commission is studying ways to redesign the program to keep it solvent for the baby boom generation.

14.   A federal commission on immigration reform has urged President Clinton to establish a computerized national registry of all citizens and immigrants authorized to work in the United States.

15.   A federal commission to study gambling is put on hold after a controversy erupts over whether to give the panel subpoena power.

16.   A federal Canadian commission investigating the Olympic expenditures laid most of the blame for vast overruns on Drapeau, charging that no cost limit were ever set by him.

17.   A federal commission headed by Simon Esterhaus, in line for a place on the Supreme Court, rules that the airplane crash was caused by pilot error.

18.   A federal commission has concluded that eligibility for the income tax credit is much broader than previously thought.

19.   A Hispanic rights group on Tuesday welcomed reports that a federal commission may recommend scrapping the Immigration and Naturalization Service and turning over its functions to other agencies.

20.   A Senate committee unanimously approves legislation that would create a federal commission to study gambling.