YAISIW Washington, D.C. - January 6, 1998 - Ira Magaziner, President Clinton's domestic policy development advisor, will outline the U.S. Government position on electronic commerce and reform of the Domain Name System at the Internet Executive Summits in London (on January 19, 1998, by video conference link) and Washington (on February 4, 1998). Magaziner has spearheaded the Clinton Administration's efforts on electronic commerce and has taken a leading role in the U.S. Government's work on privatization of the Domain Name System. Sally Tate, joint managing director of Prince plc, which is facilitating the Summits, said that "Governments around the world want the private sector to take the lead to reform and manage the Internet. The Internet Executive Summits will enable business leaders to have direct participation in formulating the private sector initiative to ensure that the solution will fully reflect its requirements." A U.S. Inter-Agency Taskforce, set up in April 1997, it is expected to issue policy recommendations based on responses to a request for comments issued in July 1997 and thousands of pages of emailed recommendations received each week. Magaziner's team has also had consultations with hundreds of major Internet and telecommunications companies in Washington D.C. in December 1997. The open door global Internet Executive Summits in London (January 19-20, 1998) and Washington (February 3-4, 1998) will help to set the agenda for transition of the current Internet Domain Name and governance systems. All delegates will be eligible to participate in the reform committees / initiatives formed at the Summits. Representatives from all Internet stakeholder groups are expected to attend the Summits including: commercial organizations worldwide, national governments and intergovernmental organizations, law firms / corporate legal departments, Internet consumer groups (including the research and education community), technology companies and Internet service providers (ISP's).