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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a hearing </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">17-Mar in the US Congress, House Energy & Commerce </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Committee: "</font><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://energycommerce.house.gov/news-center/press-releases/committee-leaders-acknowledge-progress-internet-transition-proposal" target="_blank">Privatizing
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Commerce Committee leaders made this statement last week:</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"> “This transition proposal marks a major milestone in the history of the Internet. We thank the entire multistakeholder community for their hard work and attention to this important task,” said Upton, Walden, and Shimkus.
"Now we in the U.S. government must do our work. We look forward to reviewing the proposal and to the thoughtful analysis from NTIA as we look to whether this proposal meets the U.S. government's requirements for the transition and the needs of the American
people. This final step of removing U.S. government oversight of the IANA functions is irreversible and we must be sure the transition will not harm the Internet or the millions of Americans that rely on it. There are no do-overs. Once the U.S. relinquishes
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif">The subcommittee invited a cross-section of stakeholders as witnesses:</font></div>
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Ms. Alissa Cooper, Chair, IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group;</blockquote>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Mr. Steve DelBianco, Executive Director, NetChoice;</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">The Honorable David A. Gross, Former U.S. Coordinator, International Communications and Information Policy, Wiley Rein LLP;</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Ms. Audrey Plonk, Director, Global Security and Internet Governance Policy, Intel Corporation;</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Mr. Matthew Shears, Director, Global Internet Policy and Human Rights Project, CDT</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Ms. Sally Shipman Wentworth, Vice President of Global Policy Development, Internet Society.</font></div>
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My testimony (<a href="http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF16/20160317/104682/HHRG-114-IF16-Wstate-DelBiancoS-20160317.pdf">link</a>) is on behalf of NetChoice, but closely tracks the BC position on the Accountability proposal. </div>
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Best,</div>
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Steve</div>
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