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==Principles of Internet Governance==
==Principles of Internet Governance==
On January 11, 2012, Strickling talked about the Principles of Internet Governance in a session hosted by Darrell West and the Brookings Institution. In his speech, the NTIA chief highlighted the fact that the internet is a marvelous engine of economic growth and innovation. He also emphasized that the adoption of the multistakeholder model in global internet policy making by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) was a major achievement in 2011. He pointed out that the success of the internet today is a result of the hard work of multistakeholder organizations such as the Internet Engineering Task Force and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Strickling explained that these organizations succeeded in resolving issues related to the rapidly evolving internet in a speedy and flexible manner because they apply the principles of the multistakeholder process- that is inclusiveness and openness. He also discussed the challenges to the model when ICANN decided to implement the new gTLD expansion program after six years of development involving the global internet stakeholders. Some entities did no accept the result of the process and seek unilateral action from the U.S. government to bypass the ICANN decision. Strickling said that he is aware of all the concerns raised by some members of the industry regarding the possibility of failure due to unintended and unforeseen consequences of the program. In response to these concerns, the assistant secretary said that he urged ICANN to resolve the issues raised by the industry including the perceived need for defensive applications and to improve its communication with stakeholders and new gTLD applicants, consider a phased implementation of new gTLDs if necessary, the possibility of implementing additional protections by new gTLD operators, a stronger Registrar Accreditation Agreement ([[RAA]]) and improving the current [[Whois]] policy. Furthermore, Strickling strongly pointed out ''"What I did not do was demand that ICANN abandon its multistakeholder processes to deal with these concerns."'' He said that the call to overturn ICANN's multistakeholder process will affect the internet governance around the world and it would mean giving "ammunition" to other countries that are pushing for an internet controlled by governments. Once again, Strickling encouraged all internet stakeholders to step up and support a free and open internet and multistakeholder process to ensure the future growth of the internet governance. <ref>
[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/speechtestimony/2012/remarks-assistant-secretary-strickling-brookings-institutions-center-technology Remarks by Lawrence E. Strickling, Principles of Internet Governance: An Agenda for Economic Growth and Innovation]</ref>
==Education==
==Education==