US advances plan to cede Web domain control

Washington

A YEARS-long Obama administration push to cede oversight of the non-profit in charge of the Internet's technical management to the global community moved ahead on Thursday, as officials said the plan was on track to be implemented before the US presidential election in November.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, submitted a final transition plan to the US Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration following a week of negotiations in Marrakech, Morocco, among international Internet stakeholders.