Senate Commerce Committee Plans IANA Transition Hearing Wednesday
The Senate Commerce Committee plans a hearing on the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority transition Wednesday at 10 a.m. in 253 Russell, a committee news release said Thursday. The witnesses will be ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade, NTIA Administrator Larry Strickling and…
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international communications lawyer David Gross of Wiley Rein. “Concerns remain that the loss of U.S. involvement over the [IANA functions] could empower foreign powers -- acting through intergovernmental institutions or other surrogates -- to gain increased control over critical Internet functions,” the committee said. “The hearing will examine the potential benefits and preparedness of non-governmental actors to protect Internet governance functions from attempted interference by foreign governments.” Chehade has lauded ICANN's recent conference in Singapore as a step forward on ICANN’s accountability proposal process (see 1502180034).