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Line 194: − − ===Senate Hearing on New gTLD Program=== − On December 8, 2012, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation conducted a full committee hearing to evaluate the value and effects of the [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD expansion program]] as well as ICANN's efforts in resolving the concerns raised by the internet community. Witnesses present during the committee hearings include:<ref> − [http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Hearings&ContentRecord_id=22f4a71e-93e9-4711-acec-3ed7f52277cc&ContentType_id=14f995b9-dfa5-407a-9d35-56cc7152a7ed&Group_id=b06c39af-e033-4cba-9221-de668ca1978a Hearings-ICANN's Expansion of Top Level Domains-Dec. 8, 2012]</ref> − * [[Angela Williams]], Senior Vice President and General Counsel-YMCA USA − * [[Dan Jaffe]], Executive Vice President, Government Relations, [[ANA]]-[[CRIDO]] − * [[Esther Dyson]], former ICANN chair /Independent Angel Investor − * [[Fiona Alexander]], Associate Administrator, Office of International Affairs, [[NTIA]]-[[DOC]] − * [[Kurt Pritz]], ICANN Senior Vice President
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===Time Zone Database===
===Time Zone Database===
On October 14th, 2011, ICANN announced that it would take over the management of the [[Internet Time Zone Database]], which contains the code and data that computer programs and operating systems rely on to determine a given location's correct time. It agreed to pick up this new responsibility after a request from [[IETF]]. Prior to this, the Time Zone Database was managed by a group of volunteers, namely its coordinator, [[Arthur David Olson]] at the US National Institutes of Health.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/news/releases/release-14oct11-en.pdf ICANN Press Release]</ref>
On October 14th, 2011, ICANN announced that it would take over the management of the [[Internet Time Zone Database]], which contains the code and data that computer programs and operating systems rely on to determine a given location's correct time. It agreed to pick up this new responsibility after a request from [[IETF]]. Prior to this, the Time Zone Database was managed by a group of volunteers, namely its coordinator, [[Arthur David Olson]] at the US National Institutes of Health.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/news/releases/release-14oct11-en.pdf ICANN Press Release]</ref>
===Manwin Anti-Trust Lawsuit===
===Manwin Anti-Trust Lawsuit===