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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Wednesday , September 17, 2003
Commerce Department Extends Agreement with ICANN
for Three Years
The Commerce Department and the Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced an agreement to extend
for another three years their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
to transition management of the Internet domain name and numbering
system (DNS) due to expire on September 30, 2003. The new agreement
includes key amendments designed to ensure that ICANN develops into
an independent, stable, and sustainable organization that is capable
of meeting its responsibilities for the technical management of
the DNS. For more information on the MOU, please visit www.ntia.doc.gov.
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