[governance] USG forms subcommittee on global Internet governance

[William Drake]

Hi Avri

That meaningless afterthought is required by law and standard practice, e.g. the FCC Open Internet AC, the State Dept AC http://www.state.gov/e/eb/adcom/acicip/rls/120676.htm, etc.  Congress has one too but not under FACA I suppose http://www.netcaucus.org/advisory/

Obviously there's a need for more CS engagement in these.  In the 90s I used to go to the State Dept. AC from time to time and was usually the only CS person, or one of like 2 or 3, with 40-odd corporate folks.  While there was a large number of progressive public interest groups working in coalitions around Clinton Internet policies, the Telecom Act of 96, etc, the activities of intergovernmental organizations generally attracted less interest, including later WSIS etc.  That might be changing a little now with WCIT…maybe ITU will manage to mobilize people a bit :-)

Bill

On May 30, 2012, at 6:06 PM, Avri Doria wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Yes, I read that before I sent my message and thought of it as a meaningless afterthought.
> 
> avri
> 
> On 30 May 2012, at 11:56, Kleinwächter, Wolfgang wrote:
> 
>> Avri,
>> 
>> the multistakeholder participation is reflected in the footnote where it is said that the phrase "private sector" is understood (under the Federal Advisory Committee Act) as "individuals and entities outside the Federal government such as, but not limited to the following: non-Federal sources, academia, State, local or Tribal governments, individual citizens, the public, NGOs, industry associations, international bodies."
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>> I do not know whether "international bodies" include the ICANN, ITU or the IGC, anyhow it remains to be seen how this will work. The mandate of the group expires March, 7, 2014.   
>> 
>> Wolfgang
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>> Von: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org im Auftrag von Avri Doria
>> Gesendet: Mi 30.05.2012 17:21
>> An: IGC
>> Betreff: Re: [governance] USG forms subcommittee on global Internet governance
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>> This one certainly misses the point about multistakeholder participatory democracy.
>> 
>> avri
>> 
>> On 30 May 2012, at 11:03, William Drake wrote:
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>>> This is interesting...
>>> 
>>> http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/gig_charter_signed.pdf
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