ICANN Signs New Agreement with The United States Department of Commerce

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has signed a new agreement with the United States Department of Commerce.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has signed a new agreement with the United States Department of Commerce.

According to ICANN: “The agreement is a dramatic step forward for full management of the Internet’s system of centrally coordinated identifiers through the multi-stakeholder model of consultation that ICANN represents.” [source]

ICANN – DOC Agreement

Details of the ICANN – DOC agreement:

– ICANN will work in an independent manner

– ICANN is not required to report every 6 months. Instead of that ICANN will now provide an annual report targeted to the whole Internet community

– The DOC will simply meet with senior ICANN staff from time to time.

Dr Paul Twomey, President and CEO, ICANN, said: “The ICANN model of multi-stakeholder consultation is working and this agreement endorses it. Our community makes it work and we are constantly evolving and improving through their advice and support,

This is a great achievement for the ICANN community. Our community is made up of very committed, highly skilled individuals most of whom are volunteers and take their responsibilities very seriously”. [source]

About ICANN

ICANN is a non-profit organization responsible for coordinating the Internet’s systems of unique identifiers, including the systems of domain names and numeric addresses that are used to reach computers on the Internet.

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