NTIA’s Davidson: ICANN the ‘Central Venue’ for Open Internet

ICANN is the “central venue supporting an open, accessible, and unfragmented Internet,” NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson told the organization’s Governmental Advisory Committee Monday. Speaking at the ICANN Policy Forum in Washington, D.C., he encouraged “all governments” to engage with the GAC to ensure the multistakeholder process continues to “succeed.” ICANN relies on NTIA for access to domain name registration information (see 2112170062). “When we come together with expert stakeholders to solve problems collectively, we enable that better world of connection,” said Davidson. “This is why the ICANN community must continue to fulfill the policy development role for the Internet’s global naming and numbering systems.”