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Most Recent Blog Update
ICANN Blog
Author: Samantha Dickinson
A major milestone reached as two key proposals open for public comment
The transition of IANA's stewardship is now another step nearer as two key proposals are opened for public comment:
- The Consolidated IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal by the ICG
- The 2nd Draft Report on Work Stream 1 Recommendations by the CCWG-Accountability
The final version of both these proposals will eventually be submitted to the ICANN Board of Directors, who will transfer them to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). More information on these proposals, and how you can comment on their contents, is below.
Consolidated IANA stewardship transition proposal now open for public comment
On 31 July, the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) announced the start of the public comment period for the Proposal to Transition the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions from the U.S. Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to the Global Multistakeholder Community. The proposal consists of the three proposals that have already reached consensus among the Domain Names, Numbering Resources and ProtocolParameters communities, as well as a report by the ICG, which includes an assessment of whether the three proposals:
- Were developed using open and inclusive community processes, and whether they achieved consensus;
- Are complete and clear;
- Are compatible and interoperable, provide appropriate and properly supported accountability mechanisms, and are workable; and
- Together meet the NTIA's criteria.
The ICG notes that as the proposals have already undergone extensive public comment and discussion amongst the three operational communities, this public comment period is focused on how the three proposals work together as a whole and how it fares against the criteria established by NTIA for the transition.
The proposal will be available for public comment for 40 days. Following community input during the comment period, the ICG will decide whether to recommend that NTIA approve the transition proposal.
The proposal will be available shortly in all six official United Nations (UN) languages and Portuguese, but is currently only available in English. The news release about the proposal, however, is available now in these seven languages, with all translations linked from theEnglish version.
