<div>Thanks, Miltion, for posting this. </div>
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<div>It is important, to make a fair evaluation of this proposal, to discuss the actual text : in particular, the reference to foreign pressure is less general than previous comments seemed to imply and the text confirms that this concerns the IANA contract only. Does not belittle the importance of this proposal, but it's important to get the intention clear. </div>
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<div>The interesting part you were refering to in earlier posts is below :</div>
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<p align="left"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">This section would require the Advisory Panel to review and approve </font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">the renewal or modification of the Internet Assigned Number </font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Authority contract to ensure that U.S. national security is not </font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">compromised.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Analysis—This provision relates to the contract that the Department </font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">of Commerce has with the International Corporation for Assigned </font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Names and Numbers (ICANN) to manage and administer the </font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">domain name system, which is at the heart of the Internet. This </font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">provision is to make sure that ICANN does not succumb to foreign </font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">pressure to unilaterally release itself of its relationship with the U.S. </font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">government.</font></p>
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<div>Hope this helps.</div>
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<div>Best</div>
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<div>Bertrand</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Milton L Mueller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu">mueller@syr.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff">It's attached. Now it's "published" </font></span></div>
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<font face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> Bertrand de La Chapelle [mailto:<a href="mailto:bdelachapelle@gmail.com" target="_blank">bdelachapelle@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:23 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a>; Milton L Mueller<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Sivasubramanian Muthusamy; Fouad Bajwa
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<div></div>Milton,<br><br>When you say "published", does that mean this is accessible on the Web ?<br><br>Any link pointin to this summary ?<br><br>Best<br><br>Bertrand<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:20 PM, Milton L Mueller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu" target="_blank">mueller@syr.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The summary is the official section-by-section one published by the Congressional staffers who drafted it. </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" color="navy"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The actual bill mentions NTIA and the IANA, which is a subsidiary of ICANN or function performed by ICANN.</span></font></p>
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<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, April 19, 2009 3:57 PM<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a>; Fouad Bajwa<br>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 11:48 PM, Fouad Bajwa <<a href="mailto:fouadbajwa@gmail.com" target="_blank">fouadbajwa@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">According to a summary of the bill, it<br>would "make sure that ICANN does not succumb to foreign pressure" to<br>end its relationship with the U.S. government.<br>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">According to "a summary" of the bill ? Summary from whom? ICANN may be mentioned in that summary, but is ICANN mentioned in the BIl ?</span></font></p>
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