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US to keep hold of Icann until 2011?
News In addition to asserting its plans to retain control over the internet's "root", the master file that lists what top-level domains are authorised, the Bush administration said it planned to maintain its supervision over Icann. [17 Aug 2006]
Dot-com domain price hike sparks angry debate
News While Congress doesn't have the authority to block approval of the settlement unless new laws are enacted, even the threat of congressional action could spur the Bush administration to try to negotiate new concessions. [08 Jun 2006]
Bush agrees web control pact with UN
News The Bush administration and its critics at a United Nations summit in Tunis, Tunisia, have inked a broad agreement on global internet management that will preclude any dramatic showdown this week. By signing the statement, the Bush administration... [16 Nov 2005]
US bids to hold on to net
News Less than two weeks before a United Nations summit on the internet begins, technology firms including Google, IBM and Microsoft are supporting the Bush administration's efforts to maintain the United States' influence over domain names. [04 Nov 2005]
Protect the net from UN menace, says US senator
News If ratified, Coleman's resolution would assure the Bush administration and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) of political support on Capitol Hill during the negotiations at the World Summit on the Information Society. [19 Oct 2005]
Virtual red light district still in limbo
News The Bush administration and conservative groups have recently voiced opposition to the domain's creation. The fate of the highly controversial dot-xxx internet domain will not be decided until "a future date", a representative of the Internet... [19 Sep 2005]
Icann delays .xxx porn vote
News In an unprecedented move in Icann's seven-year history, the Bush administration intervened in the domain name creation process by sending a letter saying: "The Department of Commerce has received nearly 6,000 letters and emails from individuals... [17 Aug 2005]
Bush gives .xxx porn domain a red light
News The Bush administration is objecting to the creation of a dot-xxx domain, saying it has concerns about a virtual red-light district reserved exclusively for internet pornography. ICM Registry - the for-profit company in Florida that plans to... [16 Aug 2005]
US can't dominate domain names, says UN
News The report says "no single government should have a pre-eminent role in relation to international internet governance" - which runs directly contrary to the Bush administration's position announced last month. [18 Jul 2005]
US keeps keys to internet domain names
News The Bush administration announced on Thursday that the US government will not hand over control of the internet to any other organisation, a surprise move that could presage an international flap. Gallagher's blunt announcement to a wireless... [01 Jul 2005]
Whois database 'contributes to fraud and ID theft'
News In September, the Bush administration ordered ICANN to improve the "accuracy of Whois data". When an internet domain is registered, the details of the owner are entered into the Whois database and published by the Internet Corporation for Assigned... [07 Nov 2003]
Icann's price hike raises industry ire
News His comments mirror criticism made online by the influential chair of the Internet Engineering Task Force, Randy Bush, on Tuesday. Icann - the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - grew out of a US government operation to run a... [28 Feb 2002]
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