Committee Worked to Include DOTCOM Act in Must-Pass Defense Authorization WASHINGTON, DC– The House of Representatives on May 22, 2014 voted to protect the future of the Internet by agreeing to Rep. John Shimkus’ (R-IL) amendment to the National Defense Authorization bill that mirrors language from the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act …
ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade told members of its GNSO Council in Buenos Aires this morning that his recent initiatives resulting in the recent Montevideo Statement on Internet governance and the spring 2014 meeting on this subject to be held in Brazil were sanctioned by a September 15th ICANN Board resolution that has been withheld from …
Corwin: ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade passed secret resolutions, used NSA spy leaks as “false premise” to strip control from U.S. Philip Corwin, Founding principal of Virtualaw LLC, and ICANN watchdog for the Internet Commerce Association, spoke out recently at the 49th ICANN meeting. ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is in charge of assigning …
“ICANN’s mission is stewardship and operational stability, not the defence of its existence or the preservation of the status quo.” Stuart Lynn, ICANN President, Feb 2002 There has been much debate this month among internet circles about the future of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Much of this was discussed at …
According to Politico.com the House Appropriations Committee is proposing to slash NTIA spending by 20% to defund the IANA transition. APPROPRIATIONS REPORT CONCERNED ABOUT ICANN TRANSITION The House Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations subcommittee report on its FY15 funding bill unveiled this week expresses wariness about NTIA’s plan to relinquish oversight of ICANN, according to an excerpt of …
The U.S. Government’s decision to end oversight of the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) represents an opportunity for U.S. leadership creating global “e-government” systems to solve international law enforcement and terrorism problems, develop global education and environmental initiatives, and in turn, start using the Internet as a platform for advancing a new …
As the NetMundial global meeting on the future of Internet Governance convenes in Brazil today, the fallout stemming from the Obama administration’s announcement it would cede the United States’ remaining control of the Internet to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers beginning in 2015 continues. Thanks to political pressure coming from Capitol Hill, the …
If ICANN remains stubborn about its scoping gambit, it could threaten the legitimacy as well as the practical success of the whole transition. There is a legitimate debate to be had about whether the transition is best accomplished by keeping IANA in ICANN or moving it somewhere else. We need to have that discussion. The …
Fadi Chehadé’s last claim to fame in his short technical career and at IBM is merging the technical standards from various Technology Vendors. No wonder he thinks he could do the same with the Internet standards organizations whose leaders have called themselves the I* and think they should lead the Multi-stakeholder model of the global …
Globalization of ICANN has become quite like the trending topic of the internet governance in 2014. The main discussion comes as ICANN seeks to be set free from US oversight, the discussionwas fanned by the NTIA decision to request ICANN to convene a discussion that would draft a roadmap to allow ICANN assume its …