Sens. Grassley & Goodlatte Pile Pressure against IANA Transition say it’s...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (Iowa) and House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (Va.) sent a letter to the Commerce Department, asking a series of pointed questions. The...
View ArticleRepublican Platform 2016 on Protecting Internet Freedom blocks IANA Transition
In a last ditch effort to prevent the IANA transition, the GOP has included in its Republican Platform for 2016 [PDF] which was formally approved during the party’s national convention in Cleveland a...
View ArticleALG experts says there is no proof NTIA performed antitrust analysis on IANA...
Rick Manning has released a statement on behalf of Americans for Limited Government that National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) performed no antitrust analysis even as it...
View ArticleSenate Judiciary Subcomm. Hearing on Implications of IANA Transition
A Ted Cruz led committee will today Wednesday, September 14th hold a hearing on “Protecting Internet Freedom: Implications of Ending U.S. Oversight of the Internet”. This follows the plans to complete...
View ArticleICANN rejects “Africa Proposal” Tunis Agenda saying Africa “misunderstands...
The battle for a disputed .Africa top level domain appears to gain new insights as the court process continues. The court process which has taken the whole of 2016 and is set to be ruled upon in 2017...
View ArticleICANN Spent $32 million on IANA transition
ICANN Spent a whooping $32 million on the IANA transition process for the period March 2014 to December 2016 , this is according to a presentation released last week. $15 Million went to “External...
View Article2014 Hacked ICANN data still sells at a black market premium, years after breach
A blog called Cyberscoop reports that Three years after hackers used a spearphishing attack to successfully gain access to internal data at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers...
View ArticleTrump commerce pick may set panel of experts to investigate unwinding IANA...
David Redl, the assistant Commerce secretary for communications and information, reportedly told GOP lawmakers before he was confirmed that he would convene a panel to look at unwinding the Obama...
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