ICANN transmits Transition Plan to US Government

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Board Chair Dr. Stephen D. Crocker today submitted to the U.S. Government a plan developed by the international Internet community that, if approved, will lead to global stewardship of some key technical Internet functions. The news was confirmed at a press conference finalizing the ICANN 55 meetings …

An unsupervised Post IANA-ICANN will be pressured by power hungry governments warns Internet Expert

Sophia Bekele Internet expert and previous ICANN policy adviser,   has warned in her article that if, as has been argued by some other writers, governments want more power within the ICANN ecosystem, an unsupervised PTI-ICANN will also be pressured by various governments. Read the article below on The Hill: November 2016 elections will determine …

Africa Union comes out shouting “accountability is dysfunctional over .Africa IRP ruling”

Following the 2 year long .Africa IRP where one applicant DCA Trust took ICANN to the independent review panel over how the domains organization handled its application, the Panel declared “that both the actions and inactions of the Board with respect to the application of DCA Trust relating to the .AFRICA gTLD were inconsistent with …

Near-final IANA Transition Proposal is a hodgepodge of ideas and compromises that fail US Government check list

The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) has posted the first Proposal to Transition the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to the Global Multistakeholder Community. Comments are due by the deadline of 8 September 2015 at 23:59 UTC. Te group …

Congress to ICANN: Approve .Amazon as proof of accountability, before IANA Transition

The co-chairs of the Congressional Trademark Caucus, Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA4] and Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA1] have written to ICANN informing them that they need to approve Amazon’s application for .Amazon which has been rejected due to “rights” asserted by Brazil nor Peru in relation to the Amazon Forest raised by Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC). …

Whois : Domain Name Privacy May Soon Become History

If you’ve registered any Web domains for your small business, there’s a potential privacy policy change of which you should be aware. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is considering changing a policy involving WHOIS, a database of personal information for those who register domain names. Currently, domain owners can choose to use …

ICANN GAC new gTLD interference gets fresh Congressional attention

The ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) articulation and handling of several new top level domains has received under the ICANN new gTLD release has received a new critical but worrisome analysis from the US congressional Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure , Oversight and Government reform and Judiciary. The GAC which created under the ICANN ByLaws …