U.S. COMMERCE DEPT. NOI ON DOMAIN NAME REG. ISSUES

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Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 16:29:57 -0400
From: Roanne Robinson <RROBINSON@ntia.doc.gov>
To: roundtable@cni.org
Subject: U.S. COMMERCE DEPT. NOI ON DOMAIN NAME REG. ISSUES


Please feel free to distribute the following press release widely:

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:          CONTACT:      Paige Darden
June 30, 1997                                 (202) 482-7002
                                              pdarden@ntia.doc.gov

THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT ASKS PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON 
ISSUES INVOLVING THE REGISTRATION OF INTERNET DOMAIN NAMES

WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Commerce Department is inviting the
public to submit comments in paper or electronic form on the issues
involving the registration of Internet domain names, the system that
determines a person's Internet address.   The notice requesting
comments will be posted on the Internet at
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/new.html tomorrow and in the Federal Register
on Wednesday, July 2.

     The Commerce Department is requesting public comment on this
issue to address increasing public concern about Internet domain name
registration systems.  The enormous growth and commercialization of
the Internet has burdened current domain name registration systems and
raised numerous issues, including questions about the interrelationship
of domain name registrations and registered trademarks, governance of
domain name registration systems, conflicts among domain name
systems, processes for dispute resolution,  and the international
implications of all of these issues.   
     
     "The Internet has thrived in an environment of communal
discussion and consensual decision making, largely free from
government regulation," said Commerce Secretary William Daley.  "Many
believe that its extraordinary growth and success stem, at least in part,
from its decentralized structure and bottom-up self-regulatory
governance.  The Clinton Administration strongly believes that our
challenge is to resolve these issues within that unique structure and
governance."

     In this week's Federal Register notice, the Commerce Department
asks for comments on six proposed principles that it hopes will help spur
consensus.  The notice also asks for comment on the Internet domain
name issues that need to be resolved to realize the Internet's promise for
electronic commerce.  

     *It is our hope that by creating a public record of the comments, all
who are interested in resolving these issues can benefit from one
another's thinking and that this public record will itself further the
process of agreement being reached on key issues,* said Larry Irving,
assistant secretary of Commerce and administrator of the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
  
     The Federal Register Notice will be posted on NTIA's home page
at http://www.ntia.doc.gov; hard copies are available by calling NTIA's
Office of Public Affairs at 202-482-3999.  Commenters are asked to send
electronic comments to dns@ntia.doc.gov or mail written comments to
attn. Patrice Washington, NTIA Public Affairs, 14th and Constitution, NW,
Room 4898, Washington, DC 20230.  Comments are due by August 18,
1997.   All of the comments will be posted on NTIA's home page.  For
further information, please call NTIA's Office of Chief Counsel at (202)
482-1816.   

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