[governance] USG on ICANN - no movement here

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

John and all,

  I for one amd glad that DOC will remain in control even though
they often times make significant mistakes or don't act promptly
enough when a situation is clearly needing prompt addressing.

John Levine wrote:

> >DOC has commented on ICANN's call for comments on improving institutional
> >confidence at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/comments/2008/ICANN_080730.html
> >
> >The statement reads like an end of term report for a non-performing student,
> >with barely a word of encouragement.
>
> The US DOC has always made it crystal clear that they will never under
> any plausible conditions relinquish their authority over the DNS root
> and, hence, over ICANN.  This policy has never changed, and their
> recent note contains no surprises to anyone who's been paying
> attention.  There has certainly been feverish wishful thinking inside
> and outside of ICANN imagining that somehow ICANN and the root will
> float free, but it ain't going to happen.
>
> The US DOC are not stupid, and they have been extremely careful not to
> act in ways that would impinge on the sovereignty of other countries,
> so although there's been a certain amount of harrumphing on principle
> from some governments, in reality they know that ICANN desperately
> needs the DOC's adult supervision.  The only perceptible thing the DOC
> has done in recent years has been to give a gentle hint that .XXX
> would not be a good idea, a hint with which I dare say all the
> harrumphing governments would agree.
>
> So do what you want to try to set up Internet governance processes,
> but don't waste your time imagining that the DOC will go away.
>
> R's,
> John
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