<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Robert,<br><br>Just curious as i am trying to connect the dots; i am wondering why we(and i presume the "we" refers to the cwg...no?) need to brief them on anything? If there is any briefing or talking to be done, wouldn’t that be the role of the NTIA and perhaps ICANN (as the current operator).?<br><br></div>Cheers!<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Robert Guerra <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rguerra@privaterra.org" target="_blank">rguerra@privaterra.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Agree with Philip's analysis of the situation.<br>
<br>
IMHO developments to track in Washington D.C. over the coming months<br>
include:<br>
<br>
- Efforts by ICANN and others to brief congressional staffers,<br>
congressional members, and key think tanks in the DC area in regards to<br>
the IANA transition.<br>
<br>
- Extent (or not) of bipartisan support for the IANA transition as<br>
proposed by the communities<br>
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- Report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on ICANN/IANA.<br>
Report once released will likely form the basis of one or more<br>
congressional hearings.<br>
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- Efforts my congressional members to introduce bills and/or amendments<br>
related to IANA/ICANN issues in the appropriations process. NTIA<br>
funding, for instance could be made conditional to changes to IANA<br>
and/or ICANN<br>
<br>
regards<br>
<br>
Robert<br>
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On 2014-11-20 11:56 AM, Phil Corwin wrote:<br>
> Many bills are introduced in the US Congress. Few are enacted and signed<br>
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> Based on my soundings I expect there will be increased Congressional<br>
> oversight of the IANA transition and ICANN accountability in the new<br>
> Congress that starts in January. It is entirely premature to speculate<br>
> whether those hearings will result in any legislative proposals. While<br>
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> Dear all,<br>
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> This has been shared today via the IANA transition list.<br>
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</span>> *From:*Richard Hill <<a href="mailto:rhill@hill-a.ch">rhill@hill-a.ch</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:rhill@hill-a.ch">rhill@hill-a.ch</a>>><br>
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