Republicans shine spotlight on Internet management system

Sens Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) are hoping to shine a spotlight on the Commerce Department's moves to hand off oversight of the system governing Internet addresses by introducing a resolution that would designate the week of Feb 8 as Internet Governance Awareness Week.

The resolution would coincide with a meeting in Singapore on the topic, and outlines a series of principles for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to follow as it organizes the multi-stakeholder process to hand over the reins permanently of oversight and management of the Internet domain name system.