The IGP has filed comments in the Department of Commerce proceeding on the “Assessment of the Transition of the Technical Coordination and Management of the Internet’s Domain Name and Addressing System” (Docket No. 090420688-9689-01). An excerpt from the summary is below:

"The global challenges we face demand global institutions that work." - President Barack Obama, 2008

ICANN lacks accountability and its processes are full of problems, but the JPA is not the right tool to use to fix them. The JPA contributes to ICANN's failings. ...it does nothing but invite the stakeholders in one privileged country to complain to their own government about policy outcomes they don't like. The U.S. government needs to let the JPA expire, and immediately initiate an international agreement that formalizes and completes the transition of ICANN to a stable form of multi-stakeholder global governance rooted in a nonprofit corporation.

Contributors from the Internet Governance Project concurring on this statement include:
Dr. Milton Mueller, Syracuse University School of Information Studies and XS4All Professor, Technology University of Delft, Netherlands
Brenden Kuerbis, Doctoral candidate, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
Dr. Michel van Eeten, Technology University of Delft, Netherlands
Dr. John Mathiason, Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Dr. Derrick Cogburn, School of International Service, American University and Syracuse University School of Information Studies
Dr. Lee McKnight, Syracuse University School of Information Studies