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ICANN was incorporated in California on September 30, 1998.<ref name="kepler.ss.ca.gov"/> It is qualified to do business in the District of Columbia.<ref>D.C. Department of Consumer and Regualtory Affairs, [http://mblr.dc.gov/corp/lookup/status.asp?id=259200 Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]. Accessed 2009.09.18.</ref> ICANN was established in California due to the presence of [[Jon Postel]], who was a founder of ICANN and was set to be its first [[CTO]] prior to his unexpected death. ICANN remains in the same building where he worked, which is home to an office of the [[Information Sciences Institute]] at the [[University of Southern California]].
On July 26, 2006, the United States government renewed the contract with ICANN for performance of the [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority|IANA]] function for an additional one to five years<ref>{{cite news | title=United States cedes control of the internet - but what now? | date=July 27, 2006 | publisher=The Register | url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/ntia_icann_meeting/}}</ref>. The context of ICANN's relationship with the U.S. government was clarified on September 29, 2006 when ICANN signed a new [[Memorandum of Understanding]]
In July 2008, the [[United States Department of Commerce|U.S. Department of Commerce]] reiterated an earlier statement<ref name="2005-07-us" /> that it has <em>no plans to transition management of the authoritative [[root zone file]] to ICANN</em>. The letter also stresses the separate roles of the [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority|IANA]] and [[VeriSign]].<ref>{{cite web
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