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.