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Seeking Consensus on ICANN

Dave McGuire writes on CDT.org:

On Wednesday, I had the opportunity to participate in a discussion hosted by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) regarding the future of Internet governance, and U.S. involvement in overseeing the global Domain Name System (DNS).

At the heart of the discussion was the question of whether the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has progressed enough in its development to be released from its contractual bond to the U.S. Government. NTIA is expected to renew that contract in September.

If the panelists agreed on anything, it was that simply hosting such a discussion was an extremely positive step for NTIA. Much of the Internet community, in international circles particularly, has grown increasingly dissatisfied with the U.S. government’s special role in global Internet governance. It is in everyone’s best interest to address those tensions.

posted by Fergie @ 7/28/2006 02:24:00 PM