• President Clinton's Internet adviser Ira Magaziner must feel like a lion tamer these days. How else to describe the ticklish task of bringing together various -- and often warring -- factions in an attempt to overhaul the system for assigning Web addresses?

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6/15/98

• The debate over the future of the Internet domain-name system has officially entered its "what next?" phase.

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• Last week the U.S. government took a fairly large step back in terms of staying out of domain name policy-making. Is the government doing the right thing?

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6/12/98

• The growing number of private companies, individuals and trade associations with a keen interest in the influencing the next domain name registration plan will meet in July to hammer one out, following a mandate from the White House.

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• Ira Magaziner, the Clinton administration's point person on technology, said Wednesday the next few months will tell if the U.S. policy of letting the Internet self-regulate will work

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6/8/98

• The US Government is about to step back from its role of managing the Internet. The withdrawal will occur in just over 3 months time.

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• The Clinton administration today released its long-awaited policy on how to overhaul the Internet domain name system. But in a move certain to draw howls of protest, it scrapped earlier plans to quickly add more names to the system.

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• The long-awaited U.S. government "white paper" on how to transfer the Internet's domain name system to the private sector appears to resolve nothing.

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• President Clinton's Internet policy adviser Ira Magaziner may not win a Noble Peace Prize if he succeeds in bringing together the various factions of the domain name issue. But he just might be nominated.

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• The White House has decided to leave most of the hard work of improving the domain name administration process to an independent panel.

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6/5/98

• Future decisions left to non-profit group

  The US has released its long-awaited final plan to overhaul the Internet's naming system. But it has scrapped earlier proposals to quickly add more names to the system.

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• The Clinton administration this morning released its final plan to overhaul the Internet's naming system, but some of the most difficult decisions will be deferred to a newly created nonprofit group, the report said.

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• UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE: Management of Internet Names and Addresses - Statement of Policy

  The paper is being made available through the Internet solely as a means to facilitate the public's access to this document.

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6/2/98

• The United States is looking at putting out a final proposal on the naming system for the Internet within the next two weeks, a senior government official said today.

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6/1/98

• Network Solutions' stock has fallen more than 35 percent since mid-April, as investors become increasingly concerned about an impending federal report on domain names.

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