IP: More re dot-us registry

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

>
>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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