Jay and all,
Yes, I have been contacted in regards to this investigation process
regarding ICANN, again...
Jay Fenello wrote:
> The New York Times Scoops the Rest (again)!
>
> FYI:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/05/cyber/capital/02capital.html
>
> Congressional Investigators Scrutinize Internet Oversight Group
> By JERI CLAUSING
> May 2, 2000
>
> WASHINGTON -- The Internet's always controversial oversight body, the
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), is facing a
> new round of scrutiny that promises to reignite a nearly two-year-old
> debate over the validity of its creation, its mission and its authority.
>
> The General Accounting Office, the independent investigative arm of
> Congress, has been contacting nearly everyone who has ever had anything to
> do with the process that created Icann for a comprehensive report that is
> due on June 30.
> Icann has been the subject of intense controversy since it was picked by
> the Clinton administration in late 1998 to oversee the Internet's
> addressing, or domain name system, and to introduce competition into the
> lucrative business of registering domains.
>
> <snip>
>
> Among the questions the GAO apparently will be trying to answer is whether
> the Clinton administration had the legal authority to hand administration
> of the Internet to a private entity and how ICANN was selected.
>
> ###
Regards,
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