Home / News

ICANN Has Submitted Plea to be Freed from U.S. Government Control

ICANN has asked the US government to be freed from official control. The plea was made in a lengthy report [PDF] sent to the US Department of Commerce. The report will be the focus of a meeting to consider ICANN's progress on objectives the US government set it in preparation for independence. ICANN argues these objectives have been achieved earlier than planned and now is the time for talk to turn into deciding what happens on independence.

Read full story: BBC

Related topics: DNS, Internet Governance

Get a weekly summary of postings to CircleID:

 Master Feed (more feeds)      Twitter      Mobile
Bookmark / Email This Post

Comments

Re: ICANN Has Submitted Plea to be Freed from U.S. Government Control Katya Nováková  –  Jan 30, 2008 11:25 AM PDT

Great. Icann now going to be even less accountable.

To post comments, please login or create an account.

Related Blogs

What are TLDs Good For?

Who Needs More TLDs?

Green Dam is Breached… Now What?

Sharing ICANN Can Be Win-Win for the United States

More Questions About WSJ Claims of Iran DPI

Related News

Industry Updates – Sponsored Posts

MarkMonitor at 2009 Trademark, Anti-Counterfeiting and Grey Market Fraud Mitigation Summit

NeuStar Addresses DNS Vulnerability with Cache Defender, a Secure DNS Authentication System

NeuStar Celebrates 10 Years of UltraDNS Managed DNS Service

A Seemingly Overwhelming Number of Important Documents Released by ICANN

.ORG First Open Top-Level Domain to be Signed with DNSSEC

DNSSEC Industry Coalition Symposium is Announced

NeuStar's UltraDNS to Power Growth of NDTV Convergence

Flawed Economic Analysis of New gTLDs

Identify Infringing Domains to Optimize Online Search Marketing Spend

Consider Planning Now for Internationalized Top-Level Domains

DNSstuff.com Offers Trusteer Rapport Product to Help Users Boost Their Defenses Against Online Fraud

MarkMonitor AntiFraud Solutions Combine Proven Antiphishing and Expert Antimalware Capabalities

DNSSEC Industry Coalition Meets with Vint Cerf and Dan Kaminsky

COCC Partners with MarkMonitor for Anti-Phishing Services

The DNSSEC Industry Coalition Announces the Formation of Its Registrar Review Team

ICANN Mexico City Meeting Brings a Significant Shift in Direction for Brand Rights Holder Issues

MarkMonitor Year-in-Review Report Finds Online Abuse of Major Brands Was a Growth Industry for Fraud

DNSSEC FUD Buster: DNSSEC Slows the Internet?

RomanCart Selects NeuStar UltraDNS Managed DNS Service

Committed to Keeping the Internet a Safe Place