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The Internet Name Game Has Become Complicated.

This article discusses a provision in the omnibus appropriations bill the U.S. Congress passed in December 2014 which prohibits the government from giving up its international authority over domain names and numbers on the Internet. Topics discussed include the members of Congress who commented on t...

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Published in:CQ Weekly Vol. 73; no. 3; pp. 29 - 31
Main Author: MARGETTA, ROB
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. 1/26/2015
Subjects:
Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives. Judiciary Committee
Goodlatte, Bob, 1952-
Conyers, John, Jr., 1929-2019
Government policy
Internet domain names
Internet domain naming system
Omnibus (Computer program language)
Object-oriented programming languages
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Summary:This article discusses a provision in the omnibus appropriations bill the U.S. Congress passed in December 2014 which prohibits the government from giving up its international authority over domain names and numbers on the Internet. Topics discussed include the members of Congress who commented on the provision, including House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman Robert W. Goodlatte, Republican-Virginia, and Committee member John Conyers Jr., Democrat-Michigan.