The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the nonprofit organization that manages and coordinates the Domain Name System. It focuses on preserving the stability of the Internet; promoting competition; achieving broad representation of global Internet communities; and developing policy through bottom-up, consensus-based processes.

On Dec. 2, 2002, ICANN and Public Interest Registry (PIR) entered into an agreement under which ICANN granted PIR the right to operate the .ORG top-level domain (TLD).

Materials regarding the .ORG reassignment can be found on ICANN's Web site and on the Internet Society's Web site.

ICANN provides a complete list of all accredited domain name registrars, which is updated occasionally. All .ORG-authorized registrars are accredited by ICANN.