Ian Lamont writes "ICANN's current Joint Project Agreement with the U.S. Commerce Department is set to expire in September of 2009, and ICANN wants to become more autonomous and switch to a global governance model, says ICANN's executive officer. The agreement between the nonprofit ICANN and the Commerce Department has been in place since 1998, and was renewed in 2006 despite international protests.
A few U.S.-based groups named in the article — including the Center for Democracy and Technology, the trade group TechNet and a conservative think tank iGrowthGlobal — would like the agreement with the Commerce Department to continue, in part to provide 'accountability.' The ICANN officer quoted in TFA says expiration of the Commerce Department agreement would not remove accountability, as ICANN still has a contract with the U.S. to operate the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority and must follow California law governing nonprofits." Link to Original Source
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