Internet overseer ICANN has inked a new agreement with the United States Department of Commerce (DoC) to replace the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) previously in place between both parties.
According to ICANN, the new agreement "is a dramatic step forward for full management of the Internet's system of centrally coordinated identifiers through the multi-stakeholder model of consultation that ICANN represents."
The new agreement, termed the "Joint Project Agreement", is an extension of the Memorandum of Understanding previously in place between ICANN and the American DoC which expired on 30 September 2006.
In an official release, ICANN called the MoU "highly prescriptive" and went on to describe what it sees as the major gains in the new agreement:
ICANN will no longer have its work prescribed for it. How it works and what it works on is up to ICANN and its community to devise;
ICANN is not required to report every 6 months as it has been under the MOU. It will now provide an annual report that will be targeted to the whole Internet community;
There is no requirement to report regularly to the DoC. The DoC will simply meet with senior ICANN staff from time to time.
Commenting on the new agreement, ICANN CEO Paul Twomey said: "The ICANN model of multi-stakeholder consultation is working and this agreement endorses it. ICANN has secured an agreement that recognizes it as being responsible for the management of the Internet's system of unique identifiers on an ongoing basis. It means ICANN is more autonomous. The United States Department of Commerce has clearly signaled that multi-stakeholder management of the Internet's system of unique identifiers is the way ahead and ICANN is the obvious organization to take that responsibility."
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