This 'eBay for government,' is allowing state, county, and municipal governments to sell off valuable assets and supplies to ...

eBay on Monday confirmed its decision to ban auctions for the characters, currency, weapons, attire and accounts of online games such as World of Warcraft, City of Heroes and others.

The GSA Auctions website (gsaauctions.gov) is the federal government's official online auction site, providing access to surplus property sales. The platform offers a wide range of categories ...

Nikki Davidson is a data reporter for Government Technology. She’s covered government and technology news as a video, newspaper, magazine and digital journalist for media outlets across the country.

The law, sponsored by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, the former Harris County tax assessor-collector, and Rep. Dan Huberty, lays out the protocol for running online government property auctions.

The move by eBay and Yahoo! comes as privacy issues become of increasing concern to companies engaged in e-commerce. A recent Forrester study noted that 50 percent of online consumers want the ...

Although eBay has tried to curtail fraud on its Web site, scammers still haunt the leading auction site--leaving users feeling vulnerable. Find out what eBay's doing to keep crooks at bay.

The IRS has made no secret of the fact that it wants Internet auction companies like eBay to provide more information about high-volume sellers to the government in order to help close the "tax ...

The Greek government isn’t spooked. It sold the two-story house and tower, replete with palm trees in the overgrown gardens, for €434,000 ($580,000) on Sept. 17 in an EBay -style Internet auction.

Government agencies dispose of items that are either surplus to their needs or have been seized in legal actions, offering the public a chance to purchase them at reduced rates compared to retail ...