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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.
Information Today September 26, 2005 Dick Kaser	Report from WSIS PrepCom-3: Shades of (Bad) Things to Come? If anyone wanted to stage a better example of why "governance" of the Internet by a coalition of governments would be a bad idea, one would need to look no further than the opening session of PrepCom-3, which was the final ramp-up meeting to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
InternetNews September 30, 2005 Jim Wagner	U.N. Management of Internet 'Unacceptable' The U.S. is flatly opposed to any proposal that cedes control of the Internet to the United Nations, despite a shift in support from the European Union.
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 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.
D-Lib March 2004 Patrice A. Lyons	The World Meets the Internet Representatives from a wide spectrum of government, intergovernmental, private and what was termed "civil society" organizations met at Geneva in December 2003 at the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by information and communication technologies (ICT), in particular the Internet.
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.
CIO November 15, 2005 Ben Worthen	World vs. U.S. for Web Control Debate during a United Nations conference this month will highlight a growing rift between the United States and the rest of the world over Internet governance that could result in changes to how the World Wide Web can be used.
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.
Entrepreneur April 2006 Amanda C. Kooser	Ruling the Net The U.S. hold on internet policy just got a little looser.
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.
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 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.
Information Today November 14, 2005 Forest Woody Horton, Jr.	Libraries--The Information Society in Action Several hot-button issues emerged from the WSIS pre-conference.
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 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.
Information Today December 2003 Jim Ashling	International Report: Frankfurt Book Fair 2003 The number of visitors to the Frankfurt Book Fair increased for the second straight year, with 288,887 attending during the event's Oct. 8-13 run (8.7% more than 2002). With the number of exhibitors also increasing by 4 percent to 6,638, the director expressed satisfaction with the industry's growing optimism.
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 June 26, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner	ICANN Appoints New CEO Former director of U.S. National Cybersecurity Center takes the lead of the Internet's top governing body.
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...
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.
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 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 January 28, 2010	ICANN Chief Tweets to Inform Rod Beckstrom says he's determined to keep the Internet organization's plans transparent, despite criticism that he's sharing too much via Twitter.
InternetNews March 2, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	ICANN Chief to Step Down Today at the opening session of ICANN's international meeting in Mexico City, Paul Twomey announced his intention to step down as the group's president and CEO by the end of the year.
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 November 17, 2005 Jim Wagner	House Votes For U.S.-Governed Internet Lawmakers unanimously approve resolution to keep Internet control in U.S. hands.
InternetNews June 4, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Lawmakers Press ICANN Chief on Accountability Paul Twomey is on the defensive as lawmakers, industry executives blast ICANN for lack of accountability and transparency.
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.
ifeminists September 21, 2005 Carey Roberts	Party-Poopers at the UN Birthday Bash Apart from the decision to establish a new Human Rights Council, UN delegates failed to agree on details for countering terrorism, stopping the spread of AIDS, or reforming the UN Security Council. Even Mr. Annan himself ended up agreeing the final document was "watered down" and "disappointing."
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.
New Architect June 2002 Bret A. Fausett	Captured The sad, predictable story of ICANN's at-large membership...
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 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 July 5, 2004 Jim Wagner	ICANNot Pay Those Dues The Internet governing body wants registrars to pay up to 475 percent more in annual dues; 75 of them form an alliance to respectfully decline.
T.H.E. Journal December 2004 Ramsay & Milton	A Vision for a Summit The Center for Education Leadership and Technology recently brought together school districts, vendors and professional organizations for a national summit on leadership, learning and technology for the 21st century.
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.
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.
IDB America June 2001 Peter Bate	IDB to help countries get set for trade pact At Summit of the Americas, Bank reaffirmed support for efforts to combat poverty and strengthen democracy...
InternetNews March 3, 2004 Jim Wagner	GoDaddy Floats ICANN $100K for Defense Last year the company was suing ICANN. Now, it's helping it fight off other suits.
PC Magazine December 21, 2005	Bits & Bites v25n1 Net things... Who's in charge of the Internet... Budget PC MIT...
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."
IDB America June 2001 Charo Quesada	From rhetoric to results A senior IDB official explains how the Bank will help carry out the goals of the Quebec Summit...
InternetNews July 23, 2004 Jim Wagner	ICANN Adopts Budget but Work Remains The Internet governing body still has to convince its members to accept fee increases to match the budget.
InternetNews December 1, 2005 Jim Wagner	Domain Group Gets Injunction Hearing The Coalition for ICANN Transparency will get its day in court to try and stop ICANN and VeriSign from signing a .com agreement.
InternetNews May 11, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	ICANN Bans Adult TLD The group votes down .xxx top level domain.
Information Today July 3, 2008 Barbara Quint	Dot-Mania: ICANN Opens the Domain Door The Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers has expanded the number of generic top level domains only rarely. But by 2Q 2009, adding new dot domains could start expanding rapidly.
Entrepreneur July 2002 Mike Hogan	The Pull for Pull ICANN is tightening its grip on uncontested control over Internet domains.
InternetNews August 13, 2004 Jim Wagner	Tom Barrett, CEO and President, PW Registry As the owner of both a registry and registrar, Barrett provides a unique perspective on who should foot the bill for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' (ICANN) ever-increasing budget.
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 Boughton & Bradford	Global Governance: New Players, New Rules The financial turbulence of 2007 illustrates -- not for the first time -- both the benefits and the risks of financial globalization. Here's why the 20th-century model needs a makeover.