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===Letter to U.S. Congress===

===Letter to U.S. Congress===

Following apparently unresponsive communication sent to [[ICANN]] and the African Union, DCA appealed to members of the U.S. Congress in February, 2013. [[Sophia Bekele]] wrote on behalf of DCA, and reiterated their issues with the manner in which UniForum received and carried out the AU's endorsement. She notes that DCA does not feel there are sufficient mechanisms for appeal or dealing with corruption and ask the U.S. Congress to intervene immediately and create a special Ombudsman position for the entirety of the program.<Ref name="DCA to Congress">[http://domainincite.com/11958-nutty-dca-complains-to-us-congress-about-africa Nutty DCA Complains to US Congress about Africa, DomainIncite.com] Published & Retrieved 22 Feb 2013</ref>

Following apparently unresponsive communication sent to [[ICANN]] and the African Union, DCA appealed to members of the U.S. Congress in February, 2013. [[Sophia Bekele]] wrote on behalf of DCA, and reiterated their issues with the manner in which UniForum received and carried out the AU's endorsement. She notes that DCA does not feel there are sufficient mechanisms for appeal or dealing with corruption and ask the U.S. Congress to intervene immediately and create a special Ombudsman position for the entirety of the program.<Ref name="DCA to Congress">[http://domainincite.com/11958-nutty-dca-complains-to-us-congress-about-africa Nutty DCA Complains to US Congress about Africa, DomainIncite.com] Published & Retrieved 22 Feb 2013</ref> After DCA replied to its [[GAC]] Objection, the organization put out a blog post that highlighted its continued contact with the U.S. Congress and noted that it had been having meeting with congressional aides.<ref>[http://www.dotconnectafrica.org/2013/05/dotconnectafrica-update-status-of-our-gtld-application-current-engagements-with-the-u-s-congress/ DotConnectAfricaUpdate Status of Our gTLD Application Current Engagements with The US Congress, DotConnectAfrica.org] Retrieved 30 May 2013</ref>

==Past Bids==

==Past Bids==