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===ICANN Testimony===
===ICANN Testimony===
ICANN Senior Vice President [[Kurt Pritz]] represented the international internet governing body during the Senate hearing.<ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/12/06/senate-hearing-stacks-anti-gtld Senate hearing stacks anti-gTLD witnesses against ICANN]</ref> He informed the Senate that the ICANN community worked hard in the development of the new gTLD program with the aim to introduce competition and innovation. He stressed that the careful planning, balance and expert analysis, independent studies, thousands of pages of public comments were considered including numerous advice from government agencies and professionals during the development process to ensure stronger consumer and rights protection.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20111208_us_senate_committee_holds_hearing_on_icanns_new_tld_expansion/ US Senate Committee Holds Hearing on ICANN's New TLD Expansion]</ref>
ICANN Senior Vice President [[Kurt Pritz]] represented the international internet governing body during the Senate hearing.<ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/12/06/senate-hearing-stacks-anti-gtld Senate hearing stacks anti-gTLD witnesses against ICANN]</ref> He informed the Senate that the ICANN community worked hard in the development of the new gTLD program with the aim to introduce competition and innovation. He stressed that the careful planning, balance and expert analysis, independent studies, thousands of pages of public comments were considered including numerous advice from government agencies and professionals during the development process to ensure stronger consumer and rights protection.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20111208_us_senate_committee_holds_hearing_on_icanns_new_tld_expansion/ US Senate Committee Holds Hearing on ICANN's New TLD Expansion]</ref>
===Other Witnesses===
[[Fiona Alexander]], Associate Administrator of International Affairs from the [[National Telecommunications and Information Administration| NTIA]]-DoC also testified in the Senate. She emphasized that NTIA is dedicated in maintaining an open and global internet which serves as a significant instrument in economic growth, innovation and information exchange.She said that an active support for a multi-stake holder governance process like ICANN is the best way to achieve those objectives. She also pointed out that
the strength of the multi-stakeholder approach enables a faster, flexible and decentralized problem-solving in Internet policy-making.
<ref>[http://commerce.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=98c38242-c53f-438a-bb53-2d986e4bf168
Testimony of Fiona M. Alexander]</ref>
Esther Dyson, former chairman of ICANN was also present in the Senate committee hearing and testified that adding new TLD will only add complexity, transactions and more rights and obligations. According to her consumers will not benefit from it and the true beneficiary are companies like [[Google]], trademark lawyers, registries and registrars.Dyson suggested that ICANN should conduct a broader public consultation and come up with a stronger front-end protection for domain names.<ref>[http://commerce.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=c81ce454-f519-4373-a51d-234c61755e39 Testimony of Esther Dyson]</ref>
Angela F. Williams, General Counsel of Young Men’s Christian Association of the United States of America (YMCA) also testified representing the [[Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency|NPOC]]. She asked the Senate committee to investigate the issue through the eyes of the non-profit.She also requested ICANN to continue accept inputs from stakeholders particularly from non profit organizations.<ref>[http://commerce.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=56a49ede-865f-4bbe-9635-58d0b59add7b Testimony of Angela F. Williams]</ref>
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