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Secretary Strickling agreed with Senator Wyden’s opinion that  the organization designated as the IANA manager should maintain a high level of accountability and transparency. He assured the Senator that NTIA is actively working on developing policies that  will “best meet the requirement for a clear and enforced ethics and conflict of interest policy” in the next IANA contract. In addition, the Assistant Secretary also informed the Senator that two notices of inquiry had been conducted regarding the IANA contract on February and June 2011 respectively as part of the agency’s comprehensive review of IANA. NTIA received 136 comments during the global input process, which show that the stakeholders believe that there is a need to increase accountability and transparency.<ref>

Secretary Strickling agreed with Senator Wyden’s opinion that  the organization designated as the IANA manager should maintain a high level of accountability and transparency. He assured the Senator that NTIA is actively working on developing policies that  will “best meet the requirement for a clear and enforced ethics and conflict of interest policy” in the next IANA contract. In addition, the Assistant Secretary also informed the Senator that two notices of inquiry had been conducted regarding the IANA contract on February and June 2011 respectively as part of the agency’s comprehensive review of IANA. NTIA received 136 comments during the global input process, which show that the stakeholders believe that there is a need to increase accountability and transparency.<ref>

[http://www.thedomains.com/wp-content/ICANN-NTIA-Letter-to-Sen.-Wyden-9-21-11.pdf NTIA Asst. Sec. Strickling Letter to Senator  Wyden]</ref><ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2011/09/28/us-department-of-commerce-to-icann-we-want-a-clear-enforced-ethics-conflict-of-interest-policy%E2%80%9D/US Department Of Commerce To ICANN: We want “A Clear & Enforced Ethics & Conflict of Interest Policy” September 28, 2011]</ref>

[http://www.thedomains.com/wp-content/ICANN-NTIA-Letter-to-Sen.-Wyden-9-21-11.pdf NTIA Asst. Sec. Strickling Letter to Senator  Wyden]</ref><ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2011/09/28/us-department-of-commerce-to-icann-we-want-a-clear-enforced-ethics-conflict-of-interest-policy%E2%80%9D/US Department Of Commerce To ICANN: We want “A Clear & Enforced Ethics & Conflict of Interest Policy” September 28, 2011]</ref>

In response to the issue of conflict of interest raised by the Strickling, Senator Wyden and other organizations, the [[ICANN Board]] discussed the necessary  actions to resolve the issue during the ICANN Board Governance Meeting (BGC) on September 15, 2011. The ICANN Board agreed to do the following: <ref>

In response to the issue of conflict of interest raised by the Strickling, Senator Wyden and other organizations, the [[ICANN Board]] discussed the necessary  actions to resolve the issue during the ICANN Board Governance Meeting (BGC) on September 15, 2011. The ICANN Board agreed to do the following: <ref>