Commerce Department Extends and Amends ICANN MOU - September 30, 2002 Vol. 3 No. 20

September 30, 2002 Vol. 3 No. 20:

Published: 09/30/2002

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Commerce Department Extends and Amends ICANN MOU

On September 20, the Commerce Department announced its intention to extend its memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the nonprofit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which is charged with management of the Internet domain system, for another year until September 2003. ICANN's arrangement with the Commerce Department dates back to November 1998, but has long been fraught with dissatisfaction and contention around issues of accountability, scope of governance, and representation of public and public interest perspectives within ICANN. Read more about the amended MOU on OMB Watch's Internet Governance section.