ICANN To Announce New Governance Structure on Wednesday
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
ICANN’s future to become clearer on Wednesday.
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will make an announcement tomorrow regarding the expiration of its Joint Project Agreement with the U.S. Government, Domain Name Wire has learned.
Although details are not available at this time, sources tell Domain Name Wire that The Economist‘s article regarding an “Affirmation of Commitments” is a fair representation of the new arrangement, barring any last minute changes.
Generally speaking, non U.S. governments will get more of a say in the governance of ICANN, but ICANN will remain a non-profit corporation based in the United States. The article in The Economist says there will be four oversight groups: competition among generic domains (such as .com and .net), the handling of data on registrants, the security of the network and transparency, and accountability and the public interest. The U.S. government will apparently have a permanent seat on the accountability and public interest oversight group.
Check in with Domain Name Wire on Wednesday for details.
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[...] een artikel van Domain News Wire tekent de Amerikaanse overheid een contract voor onbepaalde tijd met de ICANN in plaats van ee [...]
The Wash. Post article today.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/30/AR2009093001700.html
It also included the link to the contract.
New agreement: http://bit.ly/1pbyin
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