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* '''Office of Telecommunications and Information Application (OTIA):''' OTIA provides a platform for the public and non-profit organizations to collaborate and work on various telecommunications and information technologies for the benefit of the national development and prosperity.<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/otiahome.html OTIA Home]</ref>
* '''Office of Telecommunications and Information Application (OTIA):''' OTIA provides a platform for the public and non-profit organizations to collaborate and work on various telecommunications and information technologies for the benefit of the national development and prosperity.<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/otiahome.html OTIA Home]</ref>
* '''Office of Spectrum Management (OSM):''' OSM is responsible for supervising the use of the radio frequency spectrum provided to the Federal Government. It is also the part of the Department of Commerce (DOC) which oversees ICANN.<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/Osmhome.html OSM Home]</ref>
* '''Office of Spectrum Management (OSM):''' OSM is responsible for supervising the use of the radio frequency spectrum provided to the Federal Government. It is also the part of the Department of Commerce (DOC) which oversees ICANN.<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/Osmhome.html OSM Home]</ref>
==Relation with ICANN==
===Ethics Policy===
Following the departure of Chairman [[Peter Dengate Thrush]] from the [[ICANN Board]], and his immediate hiring by [[Minds + Machines]] in 2011, The U.S. Government and other Internet stakeholders began calling for greater ethics controls and a clear policy to be put in place. The [[European Commission]], in one of its 6 non-papers of 2011, called for the USG to enforce such stipulations via its [[IANA]] contract. U.S. Senator [[Ron Wyden]] also called for ethics rules to be put in place via a letter to [[National Telecommunications and Information Administration]]. In September, 2011, the head of NTIA, [[Lawrence Strickling]], responded to Wyden with assurances that it is “actively exploring how to best meet this requirement” for “a clear and enforced ethics and conflict of interest policy”. This came at a time when NTIA says it was undertaking its first comprehensive review of its IANA contract with ICANN since it was awarded in 2000.<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/ DOC to ICANN Clear Ethics Policy, thedomains.com]</ref>
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