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In a major and unexpected development  several key members of the U.S. Congress called for  the relationship between ICANN and the U.S.  to be  made permanent and strengthened.

This comes less than two months before ICANN's current Joint Project Agreement with the U.S. expires on Sept. 30. Internet Commerce Association  Legal Counsel Phil Corwin put this breaking news into a perspective in a letter that will be posted to the ICA website shortly. In the meantime here is a copy of that letter:
In a stunning rebuke of ICANN’s assertion that it had achieved sufficient accountability and professional stature to justify termination of its unique relationship with the U.S. government, the Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce as well as the Chairman of its Internet Subcommittee, along with eight other Committee members, dispatched a joint letter on August 4th to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke urging that the relationship between ICANN and the U.S. be made permanent and strengthened.

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