On June 13, 2001 the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued a notice of inquiry (NOI) regarding the management and administration of the .us namespace. This is one of the nearly 250 ccTLDs (country code top-level domains), which, since 1994, have been recognized as public resources for the countries to which they are assigned.

The nonprofit organization responsible for the management of the Internet's domain name space has recently drawn renewed criticism from Congress, international governments, nonprofits, and the broader online public, most recently for a series of reorganization proposals developed to address earlier concerns about transparency, accountability, and fairness around its deliberations and overall operations.

An OMB Watch assessment of currently available agency e-rulemaking systems. Dept. of Transportation

On 5/17/02, the U.S. House of Representatives issued a request for proposals to digitize their e-mail. Labeled the House Digital Mail Program, it calls for a pilot system to be put in place that would support the digitization of all mail that comes into the offices of up to 50 members and two committees. The anthrax mail scares on the Hill in October 2001, required the switching of Hill mail facilities to an offsite location. This also led to security measures that have increased the amount of time it takes for mail to reach House postal facilities from 3 to 10 days;