Issues

Complaints
Funding
Governance
MOU
Responsiveness
Transparency

CRE Interventions
  Agency Administrative Actions
  Rulemaking
  Litigation

Government
  Federal Computer Incident Response Center
  National Infrastructure Protection Center
  National Telecommunications and Information Administration
 US Department of Commerce
 US Office of Management and Budget

NGO's
  Domain Name Rights Coalition
  Electronics Frontiers Foundation
  gTLD-MoU
  ICANN at Large
  Internet Society
  The Non-Commercial Domain Name Holders Constituency

Technical Orgs
CERT Coordination Center
Internet Architecture Board
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Internet Engineering Task Force
Internet Mail Consortium
Internet Research Task Center
Requests for Comments Editor

 

Why Does A Technical Manager Function As A Regulator?
Unlike ICANN, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) responded graciously, promptly and substantively to inquiries from the Center for Regulatory Effectiveness (CRE) regarding governance of the internet.

CRE sent a letter to NTIA in mid-March asking about public access to documents prepared by ICANN under Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with NTIA. NTIA provided a quick and clear response to CRE's questions. NTIA also reiterated its commitment to achieving transparency and accountability in ICANN's processes.

NTIA's response to CRE, although clear and comprehensive, raised a number of important questions about ICANN and their governance of the internet.

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