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With the joint project agreement (JPA) between the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the U.S. Department of Commerce set to expire at the end of this month, global Internet communities and stakeholders have mixed feelings about what they'd like to see happen next.

Under the JPA, both ICANN and the U.S. Department of Commerce manage the Domain Name System (DNS). Fiona Alexander, associate administrator from the Office of International Affairs, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) at the U.S. Department of Commerce, explains the DNS is a “critical component of the Internet infrastructure that works like a telephone directory, allowing users to reach Web sites using easy-to-understand domain names … to retrieve information on the Internet.”
Adiel Akplogan, chairman of the NRO, said “We believe that the principles that have guided the management of the DNS until now will enable the growth and development of the Internet in the future too, and advise that U.S. Government involvement in ICANN is no longer necessary.”

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