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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 14:02:53 -0400
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PUBLIC-INTEREST COALITION EMERGES TO SUPPORT .us DOMAIN Group Proposes to Bring Accountability, Representation to American Internet Space July 27, 2001-On behalf of a broadly based coalition, the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) announced today the completion of agreements to form a policy organization for the United States Internet Top Level Domain Name Registry, known as the dot-us registry. CDT Director Jerry Berman said, "I am delighted that public interest and business organizations, along with representatives of existing stakeholders in the dot-us registry from public sector groups such as schools, libraries, cities, counties and state governments have come together to establish the means by which the public may have an effective voice in the dot-us domain. The coalition members plan to work closely with the company which receives the registry contract from the Department of Commerce to serve the public interest in the United States national domain." Today's announcement comes on the last day to submit bids to the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) to operate the dot-us registry. Members of the coalition have been working with potential bidders to form a policy organization that would respond to requirements of the DOC solicitation - issued in June - for a new operator of the registry. It is anticipated that several of the most qualified bidders for the registry operating contract will include the coalition's proposals in their bids to the Department of Commerce. The coalition's work takes the form of two documents, a Memorandum of Understanding and a statement of Policy Principles and Structure. (Copies of the documents may be obtained from the press contact shown below.) "Libraries have played a critical role in bringing Internet and electronic resources to the American public. In this capacity, libraries are important users of the dot-us domain. ALA's participation in this coalition will assure that libraries and the American public will have a continuing policy voice in the administration of this unique American resource," said Emily Sheketoff, Executive Director of the American Library Association's Washington Office. Principles adopted by the coalition group include measures to represent the interests of all users of the dot-us registry, promote civil liberties, ensure sound management and operational stability of the registry, and achieve a balanced approach to protection of intellectual property. "Dot-us must achieve its full potential to give companies and organizations of all sizes the ability to take advantage of this top-level domain space," said Joe Rubin, director of congressional and public affairs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. "As the voice of American business, we are participating in the .us debate to ensure its expanded commercial use." While awaiting the DOC selection of a new operator, the coalition members will continue work on details of the new policy organization so that it is ready to commence policy outreach and development simultaneously with the transfer of registry responsibility, which is planned by DOC to occur prior to expiration of the present operating agreement for the registry in early November. Information about the solicitation, including a copy of its text, may be found at <http://www2.eps.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/SB1335-01-Q-0740/Attachments.html> CONTACT: Rob Courtney, CDT 202-637-9800 rob () cdt org (additional contacts below) COALITION PARTICIPANTS American ISP Association American Library Association AT&T Center for Democracy & Technology Chamber of Commerce of the United States Common Cause Consumer Federation of America Information Technology Association of America The George Mason University Instructional Foundation Media Access Project National Association of Counties National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors National Education Association National League of Cities National School Boards Association Progress and Freedom Foundation United Church of Christ, Office of Communication PARTICIPANT CONTACT INFO: American ISP Association Contact: Sue Ashdown sue () americanisps org 801-550-0411 American Library Association Contacts: Rick Weingarten, Claudette Tennant rweingarten () alawash org, cwt () alawash org 202-628-8410 AT&T Contact: Marilyn Cade mcade () att com 202-457-2106 Center for Democracy & Technology Contacts: Jerry Berman, Rob Courtney jberman () cdt org, rob () cdt org 202-637-9800 Chamber of Commerce of the United States Contact: Joe Rubin jrubin () uschamber com 202-463-5354 Common Cause Contacts: Don Simon, Scott Johnson dsimon () sonosky com, sjohnson () commoncause org 202-628-0242, 202-736-5753 Consumer Federation of America Contact: Mark Cooper markcooper () aol com 202-387-6121 Information Technology Association of America Contact: Kimberley Claman kclaman () itaa org 703-522-5055 The George Mason University Instructional Foundation Contact: Dr. Michael R. Kelley mkelley () gmu edu 703-993-3100 Media Access Project Contacts: Andy Schwartzman, Harold Feld andys () mediaaccess org, hfeld () mediaaccess org 202-232-4300 National Association of Counties Contact: Jeffrey Arnold jarnold () naco org 202-942-4286 National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors Contact: Libby Beaty lbeaty () natoa org 703-506-3295 National Education Association Contact: Kim Anderson kianderson () nea org 202-822-7341 National League of Cities Contact: Juan Otero otero () nlc org 202-626-3022 National School Boards Association Contact: Dan Fuller dfuller () nsba org 703-838-6763 Progress and Freedom Foundation Contact: Jeff Eisenach jeisenach () pff org 202-289-8928 United Church of Christ Office of Communication Contact: Bob Chase 216-736-2222 Chaser () ucc org
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