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The Future US Role In Internet Governance: 7 Points In Response To The US Commerce Department's "Statement Of Principles"
White Papers Non-governmental internationalization of Internet administration was intended to keep the Internet's core coordinating functions free from national political rivalries and territorial jurisdiction. That choice promoted openness, accessibility and...
[August 23, 2005, 6:00]
Study: US Out Ahead On E-commerce
News International co-operation is also the ultimate goal of U.S.officials now negotiating a data privacy accord with the European Union, a senior Commerce Department official said in a brief address at the end of the first day of the workshop.
[June 9, 1999, 9:44]
US Report: US To Spur Third-world E-commerce
News Fostering information policy reforms will help create a more competitive market for Internet services," said Frank Jenista, public affairs adviser at the State Department's Economy and Business Bureau, in an interview.
[December 1, 1998, 9:15]
Flak Flies Over ICANN Contract Renewal
News The US Department of Commerce has come under fire for awarding, without a proper tender process, a contract for running the most basic and crucial functions of the Internet to ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
[February 10, 2003, 16:54]
Net Domain Controversy Settled
News After days of spirited debate and public comment, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved a series of agreements with Network Solutions and the US Department of Commerce that will finally pull the beleaguered...
[November 5, 1999, 15:00]
A Year Ago: US To Spur Third-world E-commerce
News An initiative to spur e-commerce in developing nations, spearheaded by the US State Department, will grow out of an existing program to help African nations get online, according to a State Department official.
[December 1, 1999, 6:06]
US Government Renews Domain-name Contract
News The new contract between ICANN and the US Department of Commerce covers technical functions related to the Internet domain-name system (DNS) and is scheduled to go into effect on 1 October, one day after the existing contract expires.
[August 17, 2006, 10:25]
Outsourced Jobs 'will Return'
News Executives from Borland Software, BearingPoint and Infosys, and an official from the US Department of Commerce expressed confidence that US companies will eventually reinvest money saved from farming out IT tasks to foreign workers, and expand...
[October 22, 2003, 11:40]
US Senate Restarts .XXX Debate
News Failure to comply with those requirements would result in civil penalties as determined by the Commerce Department. The 11-page measure would require the US Department of Commerce to work with ICANN the non-profit organisation that oversees domain...
[March 20, 2006, 8:35]
Industry Turnaround Fails To Spur Employment
News A new study from the Commerce Department found that IT industries are growing more quickly and that increased use of IT throughout the economy is spurring improved productivity. Since 2000, the number of workers in IT industries has declined by...
[December 18, 2003, 8:20]
US Congress Wades Into Internet Control Row
News In a letter to Commerce and State Department officials, the lawmakers said the Bush administration should retain strong oversight over the Internet domain name system, specifically the root servers that guide traffic to huge databases containing...
[October 10, 2005, 16:40]
US To Ease Encryption Rules
News But administration officials said the new changes will let companies sell data-scrambling products to companies and nongovernment users after a one-time technical review by the US Commerce Department.
[September 16, 1999, 16:49]
US Report: EU Privacy Plan Impact On US Unclear
News Negotiations are ongoing between the US Department of Commerce and EU officials aimed at forging a compromise plan to shield businesses from litigation as long as they follow basic data privacy practices, said Cheryl Mendonsa, director of...
[October 27, 1998, 9:44]
A Year Ago: Network Solutions Seizes Web Directory
News We're very concerned," said Becky Burr, administrator with the Commerce Department, on Tuesday. Hundreds emailed the Commerce Department to complain. The government-selected company that assigns most of the world's Internet addresses made a...
[March 24, 2000, 6:19]
VeriSign To Lose Control Of .org
News The proposed agreement is still subject to approval from the Icann board, the US Department of Commerce and VeriSign's board of directors, and if it not approved then the current arrangement will continue.
[March 1, 2001, 13:55]
US Reasserts Control Over The Internet
News About five years ago, the Commerce Department told the European Commission that "these remaining powers retained by the United States Department of Commerce regarding ICANN should be effectively divested," according to a British government report.
[July 1, 2005, 9:20]
UN Proposes Net Governance Changes
News Since 1998, domain names and internet addresses have been overseen by the California-based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, under an agreement with the US Department of Commerce.
[October 31, 2006, 11:12]
China Denies Hacking US Politicians' Computers
News The information from the laptop was allegedly used to try to break into Commerce Department computers. Wolf requested that House leadership ask the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security to brief members of Congress on the threats of laptops...
[June 13, 2008, 9:07]
Governments Prepare For 'cyber Cold War'
News The US Department of Commerce admitted that its computers had been penetrated and had information stolen by China this summer," said Paller, who added that it was difficult to say whether it had been the government or "hybrid groups" of government...
[December 3, 2007, 10:58]
US Report: Settlement Negotiations Could Change Windows 98
News Microsoft claims computer makers have always had that right but the Justice Department has claimed otherwise. It's a mistake for the Justice Department and the states to try to accommodate Microsoft at the 11th hour and not fulfil their...
[May 15, 1998, 8:41]
