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Thursday, August 09, 2001
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20055-2001Aug1.html Non-Profit Firm May Guide .us Domain By Jonathan Krim, Washington Post Staff Writer Three companies bidding for the right to manage ".us" Internet addresses have agreed to let a coalition of nonprofit and quasi-governmental groups help set policy for the little-used domain-name suffix. The .us domain is used primarily by state and local agencies and quasi-public organizations, including government departments, schools, libraries and museums. But with ".com" and ".net" addresses reaching saturation, and with domain-name registration becoming big business, the Commerce Department is seeking new management to make greater commercial use of the domain....
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