[kictanet] US Seeks Permanent Control of ICANN

[waudo siganga]

Colleagues who are followers of IG matters may be interested in the
latest developement regarding ICANN's JPA which is scheduled to end next
month. The JPA or Joint Project Agreement is an agreement that gives the
US Government oversight authority over ICANN. Now Congress has written
to the DoC calling for the JPA to be made permanent
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/08/05/congress-create-permanent-tie-to-icann/.
For preceeding Congregational disquiet on the performance of ICANN see
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/06/04/congress-beats-up-icann-part-1/

It may be recalled that the genesis of the IG debate was the management
of the so-called Critical Internet Resources - a euphemism for ICANN and
its activties, Some countries - such as China and Russia - have since
set up their own national TLD Systems which have limited availability to
the outside world as they cannot be seen by IANA Roots; maybe a pointer
to the "Internet" of the future.

Waudo