Earlier this month, Sens. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, and Bill Nelson, D-Fla., wrote to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, urging him to be a prominent player in finding a permanent accountability mechanism as the Commerce-based National Telecommunications and Information Administration seeks public comment on ICANN. Separately, Snowe and Sen. David Vitter, R-La., pressed Assistant Secretary-Designate Larry Strickling to pay close attention to the issue. "Regardless of whether the JPA is terminated, modified or extended, it is my belief that NTIA will continue to be an active participant in ICANN," said Strickling, who awaits Senate confirmation. Read more recent coverage on this topic in CongressDaily here, here, and here (subscription required).