Congressional Internet Caucus Hosted "The Future of the U.S. Government's Role in ICANN…"

Washington DC | Oct. 1, 2009: Today the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee hosted a briefing in the U.S. Capitol Building titled “The Future of the U.S. Government’s Role in ICANN, Internet Addressing and Internet Governance.” To listen to the panel discussion, please download the audio podcast at http://www.netcaucus.org/events/2009/icann/.

The briefing featured experts on the relationship between the U.S. and Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the non-profit body that manages the Internet’s domain name system, including IP address space allocation. The main topic of discussion was the newly released “Affirmation of Commitments” agreement between ICANN and the U.S. Government. The predecessor to that agreement, the Joint Project Agreement (JPA), would have expired at midnight on September 30, 2009. Our esteemed panel discussed the implications for the new agreement.

Panelists included:

Steve DelBianco, NetChoice

John Kneur, JKC LLC, Former Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator of National Telecommunications & Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.