Senators Say U.S. Should Keep Tabs on ICANN
“NYT” story.

“WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers said on Wednesday that they would step up oversight of the nonprofit group that oversees the Internet’s domain-name system, but stopped short of saying the United States should run the controversial body.

Several senators and a Bush administration official said the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, would have to change the way it operates if it wants to continue to oversee the system that allows Internet users to navigate using easy-to-remember domain names like ”www.example.com.”

But Montana Republican Sen. Conrad Burns, who two days before called for the United States to exert more direct control if ICANN did not clean up its act, said the Department of Commerce should renew ICANN’s contract when it expires in September….”