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| * [[.post]] - [[Universal Postal Union]] - Registry Agreement signed Decemebr 11, 2009 <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/post/ .POST Sponsored TLD Agreement]</ref> | | * [[.post]] - [[Universal Postal Union]] - Registry Agreement signed Decemebr 11, 2009 <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/post/ .POST Sponsored TLD Agreement]</ref> |
| * [[.xxx]] - [[ICM Registry]] - Registry Agreement signed March 31, 2011 <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/xxx/ .XXX Registry Agreement]</ref> | | * [[.xxx]] - [[ICM Registry]] - Registry Agreement signed March 31, 2011 <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/xxx/ .XXX Registry Agreement]</ref> |
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| + | ====Senate Hearing on New gTLD Program==== |
| + | On December 8, 2012, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation conducted a full committee hearing to evaluate the value and effects of the [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD expansion program]] as well as ICANN's efforts in resolving the concerns raised by the Internet community. Witnesses present during the committee hearings included: |
| + | <ref>[http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Hearings&ContentRecord_id=22f4a71e-93e9-4711-acec-3ed7f52277cc&ContentType_id=14f995b9-dfa5-407a-9d35-56cc7152a7ed&Group_id=b06c39af-e033-4cba-9221-de668ca1978a Hearings-ICANN's Expansion of Top Level Domains-Dec. 8, 2012]. U.S. Senate. Published 2012 December 8.</ref> |
| + | * [[Angela Williams]], Senior Vice President and General Counsel-YMCA USA |
| + | * [[Dan Jaffe]], Executive Vice President, Government Relations, [[ANA]]-[[CRIDO]] |
| + | * [[Esther Dyson]], former ICANN chair /Independent Angel Investor |
| + | * [[Fiona Alexander]], Associate Administrator, Office of International Affairs, [[NTIA]]-[[DOC]] |
| + | * [[Kurt Pritz]], ICANN Senior Vice President |
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| ==Third Round: New gTLD Program== | | ==Third Round: New gTLD Program== |