NTIA Urges Stakeholders Comment on IANA Transition, ICANN Accountability Proposals
NTIA urged Internet governance stakeholders to file comments with ICANN on proposals for the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and ICANN accountability. The agency said in Monday’s Federal Register that those comments will help it “determine whether the proposals satisfy…
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NTIA’s criteria and have received broad community support. Comments will also be considered in any NTIA certification before the U.S. Congress that may be required prior to terminating the existing IANA functions contract currently in place between NTIA and ICANN.” ICANN’s IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) released a combined version of earlier community IANA transition proposals in late July (see 1507310060), while the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) released its proposal last week (see 1508040058). Comments on the ICG proposal are due Sept. 8, and comments on the CCWG-Accountability proposal are due Sept. 12, NTIA said.