This would mark a shift from the current set-up in which such matters are looked after by non-profit bodies which are officially under the remit of the US Department of Commerce, but in effect operate at arm's length from the US government.

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Although Icann does its job on behalf of all net users, many of its decisions still have to be rubber-stamped by the US Department of Commerce and it only exists because the government lets it.

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According to the US Department of Commerce, Guatemala has the highest per capita use of private aircraft and helicopters in Central America.

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The recent release on economic growth by the U.S. Department of Commerce tells us that we are not in a recession.

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The US Department of Commerce said Icann deserved a chance to prove the changes were working.

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It was Icann's application to continue overseeing Iana that was thrown out by the US Department of Commerce in March.

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The US Department of Commerce projects the number of Chinese visitors coming to America to nearly double within three years.

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' (Icann) initial application for contract renewal was rejected the US Department of Commerce.

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Yet the Commerce Department also said that sales of new US homes fell in February.

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