A U.S. agency has lined up broad support for its plan to end the government’s oversight of the Internet’s domain name system, despite opposition from some Republicans in Congress.

The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on Thursday released statements of support for a plan to end its oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). 

Among supporters of a plan, developed by the ICANN community, to transition ICANN’s domain name coordination functions to a multistakeholder governance model are Amazon.com, Google, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, Facebook, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Computer and Communications Industry Association.

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