[Ecommerce] FYI: Hearing on ICANN yesterday July 31, 2003

[Manon Ress]

Thanks to Chris Chiu (ACLU) for this report in the Internet Democracy 
Project.

http://www.internetdemocracyproject.org/#highlights

     *  ICANN criticized during U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing--A 
subcommittee of the United States Senate held a hearing on July 31 2003 
to discuss current issues concerning the Internet Corporation for 
Assigned Names and Numbers. During the hearing, a number of participants 
criticized ICANN for its apparent lack of openness. In addition, the 
chairman of the subcommittee, Senator Conrad Burns, said he was 
considering legislation to improve ICANN accountability.
           o A list of witnesses is available online as well as their 
written testimony:
                 + Nancy J. Victory
                 + Paul Twomey
                 + Ari Balough
                 + Alan Davidson
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                 + Paul Stahura
           o The event attracted a fair amount of press coverage:
                 + Heise Online (German/Deutsch)
                 + IDG News Service
                 + WashingtonPost.com
           o Commentary is also available from former ICANN At-Large 
board member Karl Auerbach.
           o Further discussion of this event is available from ICANN Watch.
See also:
http://commerce.senate.gov/hearings/witnesslist.cfm?id=889
http://www.icannwatch.org/