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→Testimony during the Congressional Hearings on ICANN New gTLD Expansion Program
On November 2011, ANA created the Coalition for Responsible Domain Oversight ([[CRIDO]]), which serves as the association's primary group to lobby for the halt of the implementation of the new gTLD expansion program.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/massive-group-forms-to-kill-off-new-gtlds/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+DomainIncite+(DomainIncite.com) Massive group forms to kill off new gTLDs]</ref> Bob Liodice and [[Daniel Jaffe]], ANA's EVP for Government Relations represented ANA/CRIDO during during a Senate hearing conducted by the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on December 8, 2011 regarding ICANN's implementation of the new gTLD expansion program. During the hearing, the group pointed out that the new TLD program is "bad for marketers, consumers and the entire online marketplace" and "would cause irreparable harm and damage to the entire online business community." The joint ANA/CRIDO statement was read by Jaffe.<ref>[http://www.brandchannel.com/home/post/2011/12/05/ICANN-gTLD-Senate-Hearing-120511.aspx U.S. Senate Committee to Review ICANN's gTLD Proposal on Thursday]</ref>
On November 2011, ANA created the Coalition for Responsible Domain Oversight ([[CRIDO]]), which serves as the association's primary group to lobby for the halt of the implementation of the new gTLD expansion program.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/massive-group-forms-to-kill-off-new-gtlds/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+DomainIncite+(DomainIncite.com) Massive group forms to kill off new gTLDs]</ref> Bob Liodice and [[Daniel Jaffe]], ANA's EVP for Government Relations represented ANA/CRIDO during during a Senate hearing conducted by the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on December 8, 2011 regarding ICANN's implementation of the new gTLD expansion program. During the hearing, the group pointed out that the new TLD program is "bad for marketers, consumers and the entire online marketplace" and "would cause irreparable harm and damage to the entire online business community." The joint ANA/CRIDO statement was read by Jaffe.<ref>[http://www.brandchannel.com/home/post/2011/12/05/ICANN-gTLD-Senate-Hearing-120511.aspx U.S. Senate Committee to Review ICANN's gTLD Proposal on Thursday]</ref>
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[http://commerce.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=8c7e6c3b-a6b8-41a9-b59a-81dd278249f Testimony of Daniel L. Jaffe Executive Vice President, Government Relations Association of National Advertisers (ANA)]</ref> The association also testified during the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Jaffe delivered the same statement during the hearing.<ref>[http://energycommerce.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetail.aspx?NewsID=9134 Hearing ICANN's Top Level Domain Name Program]</ref>
[http://commerce.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=8c7e6c3b-a6b8-41a9-b59a-81dd278249f Testimony of Daniel L. Jaffe Executive Vice President, Government Relations Association of National Advertisers (ANA)]</ref> On December 14, the association also testified during the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Jaffe delivered the same statement during the hearing.<ref>[http://energycommerce.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetail.aspx?NewsID=9134 Hearing ICANN's Top Level Domain Name Program]</ref>
==Opposition on ICANN New gTLD Program==
==Opposition on ICANN New gTLD Program==