[bestbits] WEBCAST TODAY: Senate hearing on IANA transition

Joly MacFie joly at punkcast.com
Wed Feb 25 10:06:40 EST 2015


​Correction: the webcast is on
http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Hearings&ContentRecord_id=683924ae-83d7-4bf4-922a-cdecb9556ba9&ContentType_id=14f995b9-dfa5-407a-9d35-56cc7152a7ed&Group_id=b06c39af-e033-4cba-9221-de668ca1978a&MonthDisplay=2&YearDisplay=2015
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On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

>  *JUST ABOUT TO BEGIN*
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> Today *Wednesday February 25 2015* the *U.S. Senate Committee on
> Commerce, Science, and Transportation* <http://www.commerce.senate.gov/> will
> convene a hearing – *Preserving the Multistakeholder Model of Internet
> Governance
> <http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Hearings&ContentRecord_id=683924ae-83d7-4bf4-922a-cdecb9556ba9&ContentType_id=14f995b9-dfa5-407a-9d35-56cc7152a7ed&Group_id=b06c39af-e033-4cba-9221-de668ca1978a>* –
> in Washington DC. As the U.S. government considers relinquishing control
> over certain aspects of Internet governance to the private sector, concerns
> remain that the loss of U.S. involvement over the Internet Assigned Numbers
> Authority (IANA) could empower foreign powers – acting through
> intergovernmental institutions or other surrogates – to gain increased
> control over critical Internet functions. Featuring testimony from the U.S.
> government official assessing the threat to the Internet and the CEO of
> ICANN, the hearing will examine the potential benefits and preparedness of
> non-governmental actors to protect Internet governance functions from
> attempted interference by foreign governments. Witnesses: *Fadi Chehadé*,
> CEO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN);
> Ambassador *David Gross*, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP, and former U.S.
> Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, U.S.
> Department of State; and *Lawrence Strickling*, Assistant Secretary for
> Communications and Information and Administrator, National
> Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), U.S. Department
> of Commerce.
>
> *What: Preserving the Multistakeholder Model of Internet Governance
> <http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Hearings&ContentRecord_id=683924ae-83d7-4bf4-922a-cdecb9556ba9&ContentType_id=14f995b9-dfa5-407a-9d35-56cc7152a7ed&Group_id=b06c39af-e033-4cba-9221-de668ca1978a>*
> *Where: Washington DC*
> *When: Wednesday February 25 2015 10am-11:30am EST | 15:00-16:30 UTC*
> *Webcast: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hclive01
> <http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hclive01>*
>
> *Twitter: #iana + #senate
> <https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23iana%20%2B%20senate&src=typd> | #netgov
> <https://twitter.com/hashtag/netgov?f=realtime&src=hash>*
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 http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com
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