Studies from New York University Update Current Data on Information Economics and Policy
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According to the authors of a study from New York City, New York, "The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has control over extremely important aspects of the Internet. Yet, its non-profit corporation status, combined with the way that it is funded and governed, make accountability a serious problem."
"This paper draws on the accountability framework that has been developed by Mueller (2009) to evaluate the structure and governance of ICANN and then compares it to the structure and governance of a number of other organizations that perform a roughly comparable range of coordination and standard-setting functions, to explore what might be applicable to ICANN. Virtually all of these other organizations are governed by their direct users, thereby building accountability into their structures," wrote T.M. Lenard and colleagues, New York University.
The researchers concluded: "We suggest that this would be a good model for ICANN as well."
Lenard and colleagues published the results of their research in Information Economics and Policy (Improving ICANN's governance and accountability: A policy proposal. Information Economics and Policy, 2011;23(2):189-199).
For additional information, contact L.J. White, New York University, Stern School Business, 44 W 4th St., New York City, NY 10012, United States.
The publisher of the journal Information Economics and Policy can be contacted at: Elsevier Science BV, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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