Acronyms & Acrimony?

"Internet governance" is not my favorite can of... loose ends. But depending on your favorite news source, you might think some of those loose ends have been tied up... or not. Just a glance at the headlines below, snipped from Google News, convinced me not to try to read all the stories...

The headlines:

US to continue its control over ICANN Ars Technica, MA - 7 hours ago ... In turn, ICANN operates under the auspices of the US Commerce Department, an arrangement that doesn't sit too well with parts of Europe, the UN, and many ...

United States cedes control of the internet OSDir - 7 hours ago ... its voluntary taskmaster, the US government finally agreed to transition its control over not-for-profit internet overseeing organisation ICANN, making the ...

Experts weigh prospect of full DNS control by ICANN Computerworld, MA - 7 hours ago ... having the US government hand over the technical coordination and management of the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS) completely this year to ICANN, a private ...

US voices openness to private Net control ZDNet UK, UK - 8 hours ago ... of understanding, dating back to 1998, between the US government and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, the nonprofit ...

Government Hearing Reinforces Push For US Control Of Internet InformationWeek, NY - 8 hours ago ... resolution last October to keep the DNS servers under the control of the not-for-profit Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names (ICANN) and the DoC ...

USA relinquishes contol of the internet ShortNews.com, Germany - 8 hours ago ICANN which was overseeing the internet operations since 1998 will continue as an international body and will remain as a not-for-profit leader in the Internet ...

Experts weigh prospect of full DNS control by ICANN Computerworld, MA - 11 hours ago ... government hand over the technical coordination and management of the Internet's domain name system (DNS) completely to the private, non-profit ICANN this year ...

US government agrees to hand over control of Net Techworld.com, UK - 11 hours ago ... there remains some debate over how and when the US government should relinquish control of the private, non-profit overseeing organisation ICANN that is in ...

US toying with the idea of privatising ICANN Earthtimes.org - 12 hours ago WASHINGTON: The US government is thinking of starting the process of privatising the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the California ...

ICANN to be given full control of DNS? PC Advisor, UK - 13 hours ago ... government hand over completely the technical coordination and management of the internet's domain name system (DNS) to the private, non-profit ICANN this year ...

US Likely to Retain Oversight of ICANN San Jose Mercury News, USA - 13 hours ago ... The goal was to fully privatize the operation by 2000, giving ICANN total control. But that deadline has been extended five times. ...

ISOC statement at the public meeting of the US Commerce Department ... SMSI, France - 13 hours ago ... For completeness and transparency, in 2002, ISOC was awarded the .ORG registry as a result of a competitive open bid process conducted by ICANN ; and a Sole ...

Experts weigh giving ICANN full control of DNS Computer Partner, Netherlands - 13 hours ago ... government hand over completely the technical coordination and management of the Internet's domain name system (DNS) to the private, non-profit ICANN this year ...

Should ICANN control DNS? Macworld UK, UK - 13 hours ago ... and management of the internet's domain name system (DNS) to the private, non-profit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) this year. ...

United States cedes control of the internet - but what now? Register, UK - 14 hours ago ... its voluntary taskmaster, the US government finally agreed to transition its control over not-for-profit internet overseeing organisation ICANN, making the ...

US Unlikely to Yield Web Oversight Yet Los Angeles Times, CA - 16 hours ago ... The goal was to fully privatize the operation by 2000, giving ICANN total control. But that deadline has been extended five times ...

US Commerce Department Holds Domain Name Hearing All Headline News - 21 hours ago Currently, the US government manages the net's domain name system via the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ...

Divided by a common language Guardian Unlimited, UK - 22 hours ago ... In June, at a meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in Marrakech, the "father of the internet" himself, Vint Cerf ...

US voices openness to private Net control CNET News.com, CA - Jul 26, 2006 ... of understanding, dating back to 1998, between the US government and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, the nonprofit ...

Commerce Dept. Holding Hearing on Internet Name Controls FOX News - Jul 26, 2006 ... US government controls the naming system for ".com" and all web addresses through the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a California ...

Hearing planned on domain names BBC News, UK - Jul 26, 2006 The US government currently oversees the net's domain name system through the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ...

The last story was well before the meeting, but I'm keeping the clip here to use on "redundancy day" in news writing class: "...commencing to begin thinking about..." indeed.

It's also annoying to see that so many "advance" stories about the Wednesday meeting are still the latest news at some major news sites at 8 p.m. Thursday. But maybe they just want to get it straight, not first.


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