<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div><div><div><div style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Original link: <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/another-milestone-towards-the-iana-stewardship-transition">https://www.icann.org/news/blog/another-milestone-towards-the-iana-stewardship-transition</a></div><div style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div><h1 style="font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 0px 0px 1rem; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 207, 207); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500 !important;">Another Milestone Towards the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Stewardship Transition</h1><div><font face="Helvetica"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 254, 254);">By: Steve Crocker</span></font></div><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style u-text-xxxl" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.62rem; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; 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widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">On March 14, 2014, 818 days ago, the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (<abbr title="US National Telecommunications and Information Agency" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr>) asked <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> to convene the global Internet community to develop proposals to transition the stewardship of the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> functions to the multistakeholder community. It also called for enhancements to<abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>’s accountability mechanisms.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">Today, <abbr title="US National Telecommunications and Information Agency" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr> released a <a href="https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/combined_iana_stewardship_transition_assessment_report.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">comprehensive evaluation of the proposals</a>. I am very pleased with <abbr title="US National Telecommunications and Information Agency" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr>’s finding that the community-developed proposals met its stringent criteria. It is an important recognition of the entire community and its tireless work to reach this important milestone.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">We appreciate <abbr title="US National Telecommunications and Information Agency" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr>’s efficient and thorough review of the transition proposals. In the meantime, <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>staff and community members continue to plan and prepare for a timely and successful implementation of the proposals.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">We thank everyone involved for their support and hard work to see the transition through to this point. There is still more work to come, but this moment should serve as a validation of your time and effort in this process. We are one step closer to seeing the transition many of us have been working towards for years, to ensure an open, interoperable Internet for years to come.</p><div><br></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div id="MAC_OUTLOOK_SIGNATURE"></div></div></div></div></body></html>