November 06, 2001
Decision Postponed on Public's Role in Governing the Web
Decision Postponed on Public's Role in Governing the Web
A blue-ribbon panel today handed down its final recommendations for what role the online public should play in managing the Internet's worldwide addressing system, but the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) may not act on those recommendations until sometime next year. Carl Bildt, the chairman of the international panel charged with suggesting a governance policy to ICANN, urged the ICANN board not to delay its decision on public participation.
Posted by rshah at November 6, 2001 12:00 PM