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Affirmation of Commitments Between the Department of Commerce and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Affirmation of Commitments September 30,2009 (1.9MB pdf file)
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Amendment 5 to the DOC/ICANN MOU with accompanying Commerce Department statement. September 20, 2002

Amendment 4 to the DOC/ICANN MOU. September 28, 2001

Amendment 2 to the CRADA with ICANN. September 28, 2001

ICANN Third Report: On 3 July, ICANN submitted its Third Report to the US Department of Commerce regarding progress under the 25 November 1998 Memorandum of Understanding. Under that Memorandum of Understanding, the Internet technical coordination functions previously performed by US Government contractors are being transferred in phases to private-sector management through ICANN. The text of the report, which follows earlier reports submitted in June 1999 and June 2000, may be viewed at http://www.icann.org/general/statusreport-03jul01.htm July 5, 2001:

Amendment 3 to the DOC/ICANN MOU. May 25, 2001

Press Release: Department of Commerce, ICANN, and VeriSign agreement in principle. May 18, 2001

Amendment 1 to the CRADA with ICANN. September 21, 2000

Amendment 2 to DOC/ICANN Memorandum of Understanding. September 11, 2000

Department of Commerce: Relationship with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers released by the General Accounting Office (GAO). The report is available in .pdf format at http://www.gao.gov/new.items/og00033r.pdf July 7, 2000

ICANN's second status report to the Department of Commerce June 30, 2000

Amendment 1 to the DOC/ICANN Memorandum of Understanding. November 10, 1999

Press Release, Remarks by Secretary of Commerce William M. Daley,
Fact Sheet: Department of Commerce, ICANN and Network Solutions reach a series of agreements regarding management of the domain name system. September 28, 1999

Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA) with ICANN. June 20, 1999

ICANN's first status report to the Department of Commerce. June 15, 1999

ICANN designated as "NewCo" for certain purposes under the Cooperative Agreement. February 26, 1999

Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. November 25, 1998

Press Release: NTIA Reviewing ICANN November 6 Submission. November 10, 1998

Press Release: Becky Burr, Associate Administrator of NTIA for International Affairs sends letter to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. October 20, 1998

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