The Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM)...
The Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act was introduced Thursday in response to NTIA’s decision to transition the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority to a global multistakeholder body, said a news release (http://1.usa.gov/1gGRPmJ) from co-sponsors Reps. John Shimkus, R-Ill.,…
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Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Todd Rokita, R-Ind., Thursday. The bill’s other co-sponsors are Reps. Joe Barton, R-Texas, Renee Ellmers, R-N.C., and Bob Latta, R-Ohio, it said. “We can’t let the Internet turn into another Russian land grab,” said Blackburn, in the release. “America shouldn’t surrender its leadership on the world stage to a ‘multistakeholder model’ that’s controlled by foreign governments,” she said. “Russia and China have sought such a venue in the past through the United Nation’s International Telecommunication Union,” said the release. The bill would “prohibit” NTIA from “turning over its domain name system oversight responsibilities pending a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to Congress,” it said.