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Today, Monday April 9 2018 at 9am EDT (13:00 UTC) the Internet Society Livestream Channel will webcast R Street Institute‘s panel Does the UN Want to Take Over the Internet? which was held at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington DC on March 30 2018. The ITU’s Plenipotentiary Conference this fall will bring the spotlight back to Internet governance. How will the ITU affect American interests in the future? How do the IANA transition and recent ICANN decisions influence the diplomatic landscape? Panelists: Milton Mueller: Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy; Director Internet Governance Project; Fiona Alexander: Associate Administrator of Office of International Affairs, National Telecommunications and Information Administration; Larry Strickling: Executive Director, Collaborative Gove. Moderator: Joe Kane, R Street Institute.
From my point of view, I don’t believe the UN wants to take over the internet.
And indeed, the way is another.
It wants to ensure that the Internet is broad, secure and integrated because freedom of communication embodies human rights and increases wealth.
Freedom of communication guarantees a globalized world and that is the solution to reduce poverty.
And it will not happen without internet broad access.
But a concern for ITU has been the monopoly.
No country can have internet monopoly
So I see that dual root for DNS should always be a reason for surveillance.
IF ICANN has the Internet in hand this is correct because the principles within ICANN are in the same sense as the United Nations and there is a collective conscience to the detriment of monopolizing powers.
There is no competition between UN, ICANN and ITU , but there is cooperation.
Governance is done through cooperation and this achieves humanitarian ends without being an obstacle to corporate profits.
On October 26 2016 the Internet Governance Project at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Public Policy presented The Self Governing Internet – Celebrating the IANA transition and ICANN reforms in Atlanta. Special honoree will Assistant Secretary Lawrence Strickling, receiving recognition for his persistent and principled commitment to putting “the global multistakeholder community†in charge of IANA and ICANN. The event also featured remarks on the long term implications of the transition by a panel of experts, including Internet Architecture Board Chair Andrew Sullivan, Georgia Tech professors Milton Mueller and Peter Swire, the Internet Society’s Senior Policy Advisor Konstantinos Komaitis, and Verisign’s Vice President for public policy and government Keith Drazek. An edited version of the event will be webcast at 7pm today on the Internet Society Livestream Channel. Twitter: @igpalert https://twitter.com/IGPAlert.
Ronald Baione-Doda
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The Self Governing Internet: Complete with no updated whistleblower process, at least until June 2017. At that time the process will still be an internally reviewed phone call-in process, just more trustworthy than the phone call-in process is now… wait, so if the process isn’t 100% trustworthy now… and the new process won’t be ready for 9 more months…
What effective whistleblower process has any kind of review by those within the same entity? Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of the term “whistleblower”. Why wait 9 months to have that process completed in the first place? Why not have the whistleblower process ready on day 1 (Oct 1)?
I’ve requested answers to these questions from those in government at at ICANN who should know the answers, I was provided the links above as their response, but that’s it, there is zero ability on behalf of the multistakeholder community to answer any of the questions you see in this comment. If the U.S. media was acting as the 4th estate maybe they could access their unique investigative abilities and verify the process.
On Thursday July 14 2016 the USA Internet Governance Forum (IGF-USA)will be held in Washington DC. Thought leaders from civil society, industry, academia, and government will meet in a multistakeholder effort to illuminate issues and cultivate constructive discussions about the future of the Internet. Speakers include: Catherine A. Novelli – Under Secretary of State & Senior Coordinator for International Information Technology Diplomacy; Lawrence E. Strickling – Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; Ambassador Daniel A. Sepulveda – U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, U.S. Department of State; Lee Rainie – Director of Internet, Science and Technology Research, Pew Research Center; and David Farber, Adjunct Professor of Internet Studies and Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University. The entire event, including three breakout tracks, will be webcast on the Internet Society Livestream Channels and Facebook Live. There will be live captions available.
On Tuesday January 27 2015 the  Internet Education Foundation (IEF) will host the 2015 State of the Net Conference at the Newseum in Washington DC. Among the many listed speakers are US CTO Megan Smith, FTC Chair Edith Ramirez, Assistant AG Leslie Caldwell, WH Director of Cybersecurity Ari Schwartz, Congressman Bob Goodlatte, the NTIA’s Larry Strickling, ICANN’s Theresa Swinehart, the NCUC’s Milton Mueller, ISOC’s Sally Wentworth, CDT’s Nuala O’Connor, the FCC’s Gigi Sohn, and her former PK colleague Harold Feld. As the 114th Congress kicks off, attendees include some 300 congressional staff and other policymakers. The Internet Society is sponsoring and providing the live webcast, which is priced at $99.
On Wednesday April 2 2014, at 10.30am EDT, the U.S. House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing Ensuring the Security, Stability, Resilience, and Freedom of the Global Internet in Washington DC. The topic under discussion was the proposed transfer of the IANA stewardship from the United States to the global Internet community. Witnesses were Larry Strickling of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Fadi Chehade of ICANN, former Ambassador David Gross, Steve DelBianco of NetChoice, and Carolina Rossini of the OTI. Video is below
How will NTIA collect and assess proposals? Has a process been determined? Is there a timeline in place for a decision?
Does transition of the IANA functions out of NTIA have implications for national security?
How will NTIA ensure that any transition is smooth and does not affect the daily functioning of the Internet?
What will be the result if NTIA does not receive a proposal that satisfies the criteria it set forth? Does NTIA plan to exercise the automatic option for renewal on the IANA contract if a satisfactory proposal is not received?
What sort of multi-stakeholder community would be the ideal replacement for NTIA’s role in the IANA functions?
What safeguards will be in place to prevent a future change that would allow for governments to seize control?
What oversight role should Congress play to ensure a successful outcome.
What will be the practical impact of this transition on Internet users and businesses that utilize the Internet for commerce?
What will be the practical impact of this transition on Internet users and businesses that utilize the Internet for commerce?
Is it not too soon to give up a strategic asset such as this and hand over control to another country or entity controlled by a country hostile to the United States and freedom. I see far reaching issues for national security. This process may have been in the works for some time; however, it is short sighted and NOT a viable option. We should not be taking this action, regardless of what the “rest of the world” says.
The summit will discuss best practices learned from broadband adoption programs and academic studies/surveys, and how implementation of these best practices can close the broadband adoption gap among Americans – particularly low-income households, racial and ethnic minorities, seniors, rural residents, residents of Tribal lands and people with disabilities. NTIA Administartor Lawrence E. Strickling will deliver a keynote. A webcast will be available via the FCC site.
I hope it wil be captioned in real time? FCC is a federal agency and required to provide accessibility – especially that that agency also makes laws to make information accessible.
Anticipating your comment I have already written to Susan asking her to confirm that it will be. Since accessibility is one of the topics under discussion, I’d be surprised if it wasn’t!.
There are programs, like Camtasia, to record live off the screen. My own trick is to use the screen capture in the procaster webcasting software to relay to a livestream channel, that makes a back up copy on one’s pc . That is free, but takes a little setting up.and some bandwidth. . It does look like the FCC will offer an archive on their site, but it may take a little while.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 included $7.2 billion to expand access to high-speed Internet services to close the digital divide, drive economic growth, and build the technology infrastructure and skills that America needs to compete in the 21st century. Roughly $4 billion of that total supports the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, or BTOP. The program, which is administered by the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), is investing in roughly 230 projects to increase broadband access and adoption around the country.
On January 16 2013, Governance Studies at Brookings provided an update on the BTOP program three years after Vice President Joe Biden announced the first round of BTOP awards at a factory in Dawsonville, GA. The event featured keynote remarks by NTIA Administrator Lawrence E. Strickling, followed by a panel of officials from BTOP projects that provided firsthand accounts from around the country.
Moderator: Darrell M. West Keynote: Lawrence E. Strickling – Administrator, NTIA Panel:
Bruce Abraham – Member, Board of Directors, North Georgia Network
Susan Corbett – Chief Executive Officer, Axiom Technologies
Curtis Lowery, M.D. – Director, UAMS Center for Distance Health
Mark Malaspina – President CFY
As the WCIT gets underway in Dubai, the United States has issued the following statement.
The Necessity of an Inclusive, Transparent and Participatory Internet
On the eve of the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), we believe that it is the right time to reaffirm the U.S. Government’s commitment to the multistakeholder model as the appropriate process for addressing Internet policy and governance issues. Â The multistakeholder model has enabled the Internet to flourish. Â It has promoted freedom of expression, both online and off. Â It has ensured the Internet is a robust, open platform for innovation, investment, economic growth and the creation of wealth throughout the world, including in developing countries.
There are those who may suggest next week in Dubai – and in future venues where Internet policy is discussed – that the United States controls the Internet. Alternatively, they may suggest that in the future governments alone should run the Internet. Â Our response is grounded in the reality that this is simply not the case. Â The Internet is a decentralized network of networks and there is no one party – government or industry – that controls the Internet today. Â And that’s a good thing.
The Internet’s decentralized, multistakeholder processes enable us all to benefit from the  engagement of all interested parties. By encouraging the participation of industry, civil society, technical and academic experts, and governments from around the globe, multistakeholder processes result in broader and more creative problem solving.  This is essential when dealing with the Internet, which thrives through the cooperation of many different parties.
The global community has many serious topics to discuss with respect to the Internet. Â Collectively, we need to ensure that these matters are taken up in suitable multistakeholder venues so that these discussions are well informed by the voices of all interested parties.
Our commitment to the multistakeholder model is based on the fact that transparency, inclusion and participation are the 21st century standards governing discussions related to modern communications. Â This is a view shared by many around the world and was most recently reiterated by a statement of civil society members and groups from around the world who participated in the “Best Bits” pre-Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting held earlier this month in Baku, Azerbaijan. Â The U.S. Government wishes to lend its support to the spirit of the recommendations contained in the statement.
We have and will continue to advocate for an Internet that is not dominated by any one player or group of players, and one that is free from bureaucratic layers that cannot keep up with the pace of change. Â We will work with everyone to ensure that we have a global Internet that allows all voices to be heard.
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Lawrence E. Strickling, Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
Julius Genachowski, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Phillip L. Verveer, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, State Department
Considering how many ways our own government has been trying to control information and spy on us for the last 12 years, I found this amusing, but still something I can support the spirit of 😉 …. in the same vein as “The U.S. Government wishes to lend its support to the spirit of the recommendations contained in the statement.” 🙂
On Monday September 24 2012 the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) hosted State of Telecom 2012 at Columbus Business School NYC. This year this annual conference was presented jointly with European analyst group IDATE and billed as a ‘transatlantic dialog’. The theme is ‘Over the Top: New Business Models with New International Telecom Rules?‘ The event was webcast live via the Internet Society Chapters Livestream Channel and is archived here or below.
1. Welcome
Speakers:
• Robert C. Atkinson – Director of Policy Research, CITI
• Eli Noam – Director, CITI
• Yves Gassot, CEO, Digiworld byIDATE
2. Business Models for Network Operators in an OTT World
Moderator:
• Raul Katz – Director, Business Strategy Research, CITI
Speakers:
• Vincent Bonneau, Head of the Internet Department, IDATE (France)
• Jacquelynn Ruff, VP International Public Policy,Verizon (USA)
• Stephane Dufour, CSO, Swisscom (Switzerland)
• Paul Budde, Managing Director, BuddeCom (Australia)
• Yu-li Liu, Professor, National Chengchi University (Former NCC Commissioner) (Taiwan)
• Simon Wilkie – Former Chief Economist, FCC
3. Sen. Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and Member of the UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development (Australia)
4. The Impact of OTT on Traditional National Networks and Media
Moderator: Judith D. O’Neill – COO, CMAS Holdings
Speakers
• Gabrielle Gauthey, EVP Alcatel Lucent (France)
• Emmanuel Rochas, SVP & Head of the Strategy, Telecom France Orange (France)
• Henning Schulzrinne, Chief Technologist, FCC (USA)
• Richard S. Whitt, VP, Public Policy & Government Relations, Motorola Mobility (USA)
• Matthias Kurth, former President, Federal Network Agency (Germany)
5. Hon. Lawrence Strickling, Administrator, National Telecommunications & Information Administration (USA)
6. Regulation of Over-the-Top Services: Should National Regulation and the ITRs Be Expanded Beyond Networks to Include Applications?
Moderator: Robert Pepper, Senior Managing Director of Advanced Technology Policy, Cisco
Speakers:
• Roland Doll, VP International Governmental Affairs, Deutsche Telekom (Germany)
• Amb. David Gross, Wiley & Rein (former U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, Department of State) (USA)
• Leonard J. Cali, SVP, Global Public Policy, AT&T (USA)
• Chris Libertelli, Head of Global Public Policy, Netflix (USA)
• Carlos Raul Gutierrez, President of the Council – SUTEL (Costa Rica)
• Mark Cooper, Director of Research, Consumer Federation of America
• Sally Wentworth, Senior Manager of Public Policy, Internet Society
• David J. Farber, Trustee, Internet Society
Todd Zinser appeared to give the best overview of overall spending and his testimony includes this chart:
(CCI = comprehensive community infrastructure, PCC=public computer centers, SBA=sustainable broadband adoption)
As can be seen on the chart, infrastructure projects – many held up by environmental or other permit concerns – are lagging in fund uptake. Some may even miss the deadline (Sep 2013).
The Q&A focused on overspending and fraud on the Dem side, and more existential questions from the GOP side.
The Internet Society (ISOC) will present an INET Regional Conference on June 14 2011 at the Sentry Center in NYC. The theme is “It’s your call. What kind Of Internet do you want? “. The distinguished line up of speakers will include ‘Father of the Internet’ Vint Cerf, World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners Lee, and Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information at the U.S. Department of Commerce Lawrence Strickling.
What: INET New York When: Tuesday June 14, 2011: 9am-5.30pm EDT Where: Sentry Center, 730 Third Avenue, NY NY 10017 Who: ISOC Members $25, Others $50 Register: http://isoc.org/nyinet
With almost two billion people online, the Internet is a catalyst for boundless creativity and growth. But the decisions we make in the coming months and years will determine whether it remains a global platform for innovation and expression for people everywhere. Join us on June 14 as we set the agenda for the future of an open Internet. We’ll identify and examine the critical decisions that will shape the future of the Internet:
Who will help define the Internet’s evolution?
What role should government and private industry play?
How do we provide greater bandwidth and access?
What does online privacy mean in the age of Facebook and Wikileaks?
This is a unique opportunity to network with the thought leaders and policy makers who are designing the global networks of tomorrow and help develop the policies that will drive future Internet innovation. Space is limited so it is advisable to register a.s.a.p.
About the Internet Society
The Internet Society (ISOC) is a nonprofit organisation that is built on a network of over 80 local chapters around the world. We are dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world. The Internet Society has organized the INET in cooperation with our New York Chapter to provide leadership in Internet related standards, education and policy.
Today, Monday April 9 2018 at 9am EDT (13:00 UTC) the Internet Society Livestream Channel will webcast R Street Institute‘s panel Does the UN Want to Take Over the Internet? which was held at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington DC on March 30 2018. The ITU’s Plenipotentiary Conference this fall will bring the spotlight back to Internet governance. How will the ITU affect American interests in the future? How do the IANA transition and recent ICANN decisions influence the diplomatic landscape? Panelists: Milton Mueller: Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy; Director Internet Governance Project; Fiona Alexander: Associate Administrator of Office of International Affairs, National Telecommunications and Information Administration; Larry Strickling: Executive Director, Collaborative Gove. Moderator: Joe Kane, R Street Institute.
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Andrea Romaoli Garcia 8:43 am on 04/09/2018 Permalink |
From my point of view, I don’t believe the UN wants to take over the internet.
And indeed, the way is another.
It wants to ensure that the Internet is broad, secure and integrated because freedom of communication embodies human rights and increases wealth.
Freedom of communication guarantees a globalized world and that is the solution to reduce poverty.
And it will not happen without internet broad access.
But a concern for ITU has been the monopoly.
No country can have internet monopoly
So I see that dual root for DNS should always be a reason for surveillance.
IF ICANN has the Internet in hand this is correct because the principles within ICANN are in the same sense as the United Nations and there is a collective conscience to the detriment of monopolizing powers.
There is no competition between UN, ICANN and ITU , but there is cooperation.
Governance is done through cooperation and this achieves humanitarian ends without being an obstacle to corporate profits.