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Internet Governance Coalition’s House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee Testimony

The Internet Governance Coalition is pleased to testify on the important developments in the process to transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community, commenced by NTIA just over two years ago. Last week, the ICANN Board voted to approve a plan for transitioning control of the IANA functions to the multistakeholder community. This step, together with approval of the associated, new accountability processes, is an important milestone for the multistakeholder model of Internet governance and for the Internet as a whole… [more]

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