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The DOC and ICANN also have a contract between them wherein they carry out the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions together. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) have been assigned with the responsibility of overlooking both these agreements on behalf of the DOC<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/comments/2008/ICANN_080730.html ntia.doc.gov]</ref>. According to Carlos Afonso, a former member of ICANN’s support organization, Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), which represents the non-commercial users <ref>[http://vecam.org/spip.php?page=auteur&id_auteur=222&lang=en&nemo=edm vecam.org]</ref>, formal relation between ICANN and the DOC is such that ICANN works as an incumbent or concessionaire and is subject to regulation by the US Federal Government <ref>[http://vecam.org/article533.html vecam.org]</ref>.  

The DOC and ICANN also have a contract between them wherein they carry out the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions together. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) have been assigned with the responsibility of overlooking both these agreements on behalf of the DOC<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/comments/2008/ICANN_080730.html ntia.doc.gov]</ref>. According to Carlos Afonso, a former member of ICANN’s support organization, Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), which represents the non-commercial users <ref>[http://vecam.org/spip.php?page=auteur&id_auteur=222&lang=en&nemo=edm vecam.org]</ref>, formal relation between ICANN and the DOC is such that ICANN works as an incumbent or concessionaire and is subject to regulation by the US Federal Government <ref>[http://vecam.org/article533.html vecam.org]</ref>.  

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