In 2005, the ITU signed an MoU with [[ICANN]], which superseded and suspended an earlier MoU that ICANN had with the [[DOC|U.S. Department of Commerce]] (DOC). The main motive behind signing the MoU with ITU was that ICANN wanted to adopt some of ITU's proven practices, such as charging for access to documents and membership in order to make up for publication costs, which would ultimately help to ease budget pressures.<ref>[http://www.icannwatch.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/01/1423239 ICANN, ITU merge], ICANNWatch.org.</ref> | In 2005, the ITU signed an MoU with [[ICANN]], which superseded and suspended an earlier MoU that ICANN had with the [[DOC|U.S. Department of Commerce]] (DOC). The main motive behind signing the MoU with ITU was that ICANN wanted to adopt some of ITU's proven practices, such as charging for access to documents and membership in order to make up for publication costs, which would ultimately help to ease budget pressures.<ref>[http://www.icannwatch.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/01/1423239 ICANN, ITU merge], ICANNWatch.org.</ref> |