[chapter-delegates] U.S. Government Federal Register notice on WGIG

[Gene Gaines]

FYI.

The U.S. International Telecommunication Advisory Committee
(U.S. Department of State) is soliciting public comments on the
upcoming report of WGIG (the Working Group on Internet
Governance).

Gene Gaines

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-12668.pdf

[Federal Register: June 27, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 122)]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 5098]

United States International Telecommunication Advisory Committee;
Request for Comments on the Working Group on Internet Governance Report

The Department of State announces a request for comments on the
report of the Working Group on Internet Governance, which is
scheduled to be released to the public on July 18, 2005. The UN
Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG), created by Phase 1
of the WSIS, was tasked ``to investigate and make proposals for
action, as appropriate, on the governance of Internet by 2005.''
The text of the report will be available at http://www.wgig.org
or on the Department of State's World Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS) Web site at
http://www.state.gov/e/eb/cip/wsis2005. The Department of State
will be accepting comments from the public on the WGIG report
through August 1, 2005. Comments should be sent to Sally
Shipman, International Communications and Information Policy, at
shipmansa at state.gov.

In addition, according to the decision of PrepCom II, all
governments and other stakeholders are invited to submit written
comments and proposals on the issue of Internet governance to
the WSIS Executive Secretariat (to wsis-contributions at itu.int)
by August 15. Thereafter, a compilation of these contributions
will be forwarded to the WSIS PrepCom III, together with the
report of the WGIG.

Dated: June 20, 2005. Anne Jillson, Foreign Affairs Officer,
International Communications and Information Policy, Department
of State.

[FR Doc. 05-12668 Filed 6-24-05; 8:45 am]

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