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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I’m trying to gather that information now, Ron.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">This Subcommittee (and others) have held irregular oversight hearings on ICANN, but there is no standard pattern to them. In the past there have been years between them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">My guess is that interests that are unhappy with the new gTLD program and/or current Applicant Guidebook may have encouraged this inquiry and that ICANN may face criticism on the IP protections, its relationships
with the US and the GAC, the .xxx approval, and even the ongoing dispute regarding the .jobs registry charter and what it says (or doesn’t) about ICANN’s commitment to contractual compliance.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">But again, that’s just a guess, and until I have more feedback and see the witness list I’ll leave it at that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Last thought: While the Judiciary Committee has jurisdiction over IP and competition matters, the Commerce Committee has direct oversight of the Department of Commerce and NTIA, including administration of the
IANA contract. So I wouldn’t be surprised to see this inquiry spark one in the Commerce Committee, if only to reassert its jurisdictional “turf”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:navy">"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Ron Andruff [mailto:randruff@rnapartners.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Phil Corwin; bc-gnso@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [bc-gnso] House Judiciary Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on gTLD Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Thanks for this posting, Phil, but can you add some context to it? Is this one of a number of regular review sessions or is it something that is unique and we need
to watch closely… or something else completely?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Thanks in advance for any further light you, or other members, can shed on this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Ronald N. Andruff</span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">RNA Partners, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Phil Corwin<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 26, 2011 9:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> bc-gnso@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [bc-gnso] House Judiciary Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on gTLD Program</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">FYI--<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_05022011.html">http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_05022011.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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2141 Rayburn House Office Building<br>
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Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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By Direction of the Chairman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--As of yet, no witnesses listed --<o:p></o:p></p>
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