It can be watched live here. http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/protecting-internet-freedom-implications-of-ending-us-oversight-of-the-internet
Thanks. Jean-Robert. On 9/14/16 4:20 AM, Dawit Bekele wrote: > Hi all, > > As you might have already heard, today, there will be a hearing by the > US congress to " Examine Internet Governance Transition”. This hearing > has been scheduled by Sen. Ted Cruz who is leading a group of GOP > congresspersons who are questioning the IANA transition process at > this very critical time since the contract between the US Commerce > Department’s National Telecommunications and Information > Administration (NTIA) and ICANN is set to expire on September 30 and > the structures proposed by the ICG should take over the oversight of > IANA functions. Some conservative circles are calling for a delay in > the transition or no transition at all which is a very dangerous > prospect and we hope the congress with not take a decision that will > harm the IANA transition process that has had bi-partisan support. > > For more information on Internet Society’s position on this critical > issue, please read the following positions from Internet Society VP > Policy and CEO : > > https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2016/09/key-moment-iana-transition-0 > http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/technology/295021-inaccurate-rhetoric-must-not-short-circuit-internet-transition > > Regards, > Dawit > > > _______________________________________________ > AfrICANN mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann
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