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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> InternetPolicy [mailto:internetpolicy-bounces@elists.isoc.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joly MacFie<br><b>Sent:</b> March 19, 2017 1:58 AM<br><b>To:</b> InternetPolicy@elists.isoc.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Internet Policy] TRUMP BACKS INTERNET GOVERNANCE DIALOGUE IN 2018 BUDGET PROPOSAL<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>(via Mark Buell) <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.bna.com/trump-backs-internet-b57982085284/">https://www.bna.com/trump-backs-internet-b57982085284/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#565A5C'>President Donald Trump wants to cut funding for a number of federal agencies, departments and programs under a 2018 <a href="http://src.bna.com/m1N"><span style='color:#114386;text-decoration:none'>budget blueprint</span></a> released March 16. But the U.S. presence in global internet governance discussions is one thing that Trump says he won’t cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#565A5C'>According to the proposal, the Trump administration will continue supporting the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s participation in “multi-stakeholder forums” on internet governance and digital commerce.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#565A5C'><snip><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>​* NTIA head + deputy posts still vacant <a href="https://www.ntia.doc.gov/offices">https://www.ntia.doc.gov/offices</a>​<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------------------------------<br>Joly MacFie  <span class=gc-cs-link>218 565 9365</span> Skype:punkcast<br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>-<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:~WRD189.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:~WRD189.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>