The Times reports that Alex Salmond, Scotland's first minister, is to lodge a formal request with Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to change the endings of all websites based in Scotland from “.co.uk” to “.sco”. Christine Grahame, a Nationalist MSP, is quoted as saying that the "... introduction of the .sco suffix on all official e-mail addresses and websites would enhance the positive Scottish brand at official level." A spokesman for ICANN confirmed towards the The Times that the Scottish government would be able to apply for a .sco domain when ICANN accepts applications for new names later this year.