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InternetNews October 7, 2005 Roy Mark	House Backs U.S. ICANN Stand Commerce Committee says Internet governance too important to turn over to United Nations.
InternetNews October 2, 2006 Clint Boulton	ICANN Beginning to Smell Control The U.S. Department of Commerce agreed to relax its control over the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers as part of a new contract to replace the "highly prescriptive" one that expired Saturday.
InternetNews May 8, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	ICANN Heading to a Fork in the Road With its agreement with the U.S. government expiring in September, Internet governance body could be headed for a shakeup.
InternetNews July 15, 2005 Jim Wagner	U.N. 'Net Plan Could Stall ICANN's U.N. proposals could stymie ICANN's global ambitions. Plans range from replacing ICANN to building an inter-governmental council alongside or within ICANN.
Information Today November 14, 2005 Dick Kaser	WSIS Still Clouded by Governance Debates--Fate of ICANN Awaits Nearly 4 years in the making, the World Summit on the Information Society is ready to start this Wednesday. But in the days preceding the summit, the world's diplomatic corps is meeting again to see if it's possible for the world to develop a consensus on how the Internet should be governed.
InternetNews November 16, 2005 Jim Wagner	U.N. Backs Off Internet Governance An 11th hour agreement potentially resolves the United Nations' hopes for Internet governance control.
InternetNews November 15, 2005 Jim Wagner	House to Vote on 'Net Governance The U.S. House of Representatives plans to ease any doubt the United Nations may have regarding Internet governance.
InternetNews July 1, 2005 Roy Mark	U.S. To Keep Control of Internet DNS The Dept. of Commerce reverses the policy of ceding governance control to ICANN.
InternetNews July 27, 2006 Roy Mark	U.S. Still Has Keys to ICANN The United States will eventually transfer oversight of the Internet domain naming system to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
InternetNews September 22, 2006 Roy Mark	ICANN to Stay American For Now The United States will continue its oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers after the current Memorandum of Understanding expires next week.
Information Today November 21, 2005 Dick Kaser	WSIS: Internet Governance Forum Endorsed by World Leaders The World Summit on the Information Society endorsed a new Internet Governance Forum which will discuss global public policy matters and other issues related to the Internet worldwide.
InternetNews November 9, 2005 Jim Wagner	ICANN Working to Resolve U.N. Issue The board of directors at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers wants to hold a special meeting with their governmental members to discuss ways to head off the threat of United Nations intervention.
InternetNews October 1, 2009	ICANN's Affirmation Agreement Wins Praise Hailed by many in the Internet community, the split of ICANN from the U.S. government could also be one huge "monkey wrench."
Salon.com June 14, 2002 Andrew Leonard	The end of the revolution "Ruling the Root" documents the sorry tale of how the Internet was brought to heel.
Entrepreneur July 2002 Mike Hogan	The Pull for Pull ICANN is tightening its grip on uncontested control over Internet domains.
InternetNews December 14, 2010	ICANN Shelves .XXX Domain, gTLDs ICANN postpones long-anticipated approval of new generic Top Level Domain system and .XXX domain as world governments raise concerns.
InternetNews March 30, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	ICANN Again Nixes .xxx Domain ICANN votes against .xxx election, but one board member says the group is bowing to government pressure in the process.
InternetNews December 6, 2005 Jim Wagner	ICANN's Small Step Toward .Asia ICANN's board of directors gave a a provisional thumbs-up for .asia, but is saving the final word on .xxx and its proposed .com agreement for another day.
Search Engine Watch July 27, 2000 Danny Sullivan	New Domain Names Coming Yes, it looks like new top level domain names may finally be coming -- but what they will be, how they will be assigned, and whether they will actually be used remains undecided. So, don't panic.
Reason December 2001 Rhys Southan	Web Playgrounds Some congressmen have decided that one top-level domain rejected by ICANN should is a moral (or at least political) imperative: .kids...
InternetNews October 25, 2005 Jim Wagner	VeriSign, ICANN Settle Dispute VeriSign reached an agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers over a lawsuit filed by the company in 2004.
InternetNews December 8, 2006 Ed Sutherland	ICANN Gives Asia Its Dot In a move reflecting the growing Asian flavor of the Internet, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers yesterday approved the first top-level domain registry based in the Asia-Pacific region.
InternetNews March 25, 2005 Jim Wagner	ICANN Approves .eu Domain Space The European Union gets a domain name space of its own after ICANN's board of directors approval.
InternetNews April 7, 2011	ICANN Revenues Grow Non-profit Internet governance group expands its revenue during 2010 as new Top Level Domains are set to debut.
Entrepreneur April 2006 Amanda C. Kooser	Ruling the Net The U.S. hold on internet policy just got a little looser.
InternetNews January 5, 2010	ICANN Moves Ahead with International Domains ICANN opened up the IDN process late last year. So what's next?
InternetNews July 19, 2004 Jim Wagner	ICANN Moves Toward Self-Rule Executives say they have completed nearly one-third of the requirements necessary to break off from the Department of Commerce and self-govern.
InternetNews March 23, 2004 Jim Wagner	.Mobi's Case For Mobile Domains Industry consortium explains plan to push a mobile-centric domain extension apart from .com and .net.
Salon.com March 14, 2001 Damien Cave	A Web of Babel Former ICANN chairwoman Esther Dyson says a new domain name system threatens to disrupt the Internet...
InternetNews September 30, 2009	U.S. Cedes ICANN Control to the World New agreement takes direct oversight from the U.S. and makes it international. But don't call it Independence Day just yet.
Search Engine Watch November 4, 2009 Andy Atkins-Kruger	The Worldwide Web Just Went Global All countries soon will be able to apply for Internet extensions reflecting their name and using their own characters. It will be interesting to see what impact this has on search engines, domains, and trademark specialists.
InternetNews March 2, 2004 Jim Wagner	ICANN Fleshes Out Global Ambitions The Internet's governing body lays out the organization's plans for the future.
InternetNews March 14, 2011	ICANN To Vote on .XXX Domain After years of delay, the domain oversight board may finally vote on an adult-only domain, amid larger agenda items pertaining to generic top level domains.
Entrepreneur July 2003 Mark Henricks	Where's Big Brother? Orwell's nightmare won't be coming to the Internet anytime soon.
InternetNews August 17, 2006 Clint Boulton	ICANN, DoC Hit Refresh on Net Contract The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and the U.S. Department of Commerce inked a five-year contract, renewing a deal in which the nonprofit group had managed technical details of the Internet since 1998.
IEEE Spectrum June 2006 J. R. Minkel	Could the Internet Fragment? Fears of Internet fragmentation are largely based on concerns about alternative roots. China and some Arab countries are testing domain names in their native scripts, raising touchy issues.
Salon.com July 25, 2002 Farhad Manjoo	Esther Dyson defends ICANN The founding chairwoman of the Internet's governing institution explains why we have to work with what we've got, even if it isn't perfect.
Information Today March 12, 2001 Wallace Koehler	Recent Trends Result in a New Status for VeriSign On March 1, VeriSign, Inc. announced an agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers that will redefine VeriSign's role as an Internet registrar and registry...
PC Magazine December 21, 2005	Bits & Bites v25n1 Net things... Who's in charge of the Internet... Budget PC MIT...
InternetNews November 25, 2009	ICANN Decries DNS Redirect Practices The Internet authority says current DNS redirect practices compromises Web security, efficiency.
PC Magazine June 26, 2008 Mark Hachman	Update: ICANN Approves Huge Domains Expansion The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is expected to approve a plan Thursday that would broadly expand the number of top-level domains (TLDs), that, for now, have been restricted to a few choice designations.
Information Today October 2004 Dick Kaser	Opinion: No One Rules the Net, Not Yet Though some would dismiss Internet governance as just a technical discussion about infrastructure and backbone, it has the potential to be much, much more.
Salon.com July 2, 2002 Damien Cave	It's time for ICANN to go John Gilmore, original "cypherpunk" and all-around Internet supergeek, explains why the organization that runs the Internet is broken.
InternetNews March 27, 2006 David Miller	ICANN Tackles Future of Internet The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' 25th International meeting officially opened on Monday in Wellington, New Zealand.
InternetNews October 30, 2009	ICANN Goes Global With International Domain Names The Internet authority talks about what will happen as domain names move beyond the Latin alphabet.
InternetNews March 21, 2011 Sean Michael Kerner	.XXX Approved New top level domain finally approved, but who actually still wants this domain?
InternetNews May 8, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner	Economy Is Down but Domain Business Is Up VeriSign reports that its revenues rose on the strength of increasing domain and SSL registrations.
PC Magazine August 3, 2005 Sebastian Rupley	Who's in Charge? While the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) oversees many technical aspects of the Net, the U.S. government made clear that it will continue to provide oversight of ICANN.
Wired December 2000 Chip Bayers	Mission Impossible Esther Dyson tried to make ICANN - the fledgling international agency charged with managing the global domain name system - into a model of frictionless governance. Guess what happened...