<div dir="ltr">Martin,<div><br></div><div>There currently is an authorization process. The RFP requires us to justify eliminating it. As to concerns about gatekeeper functions and delays -- if we were to carry on the role as defined currently (or even more lightweight/automated), and define it clearly, wthat should seem to control for the "slippery slope" concern. </div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, we need to explore the extent to which the authorization function is useful or helpful or worthwhile. I don't assume it is worth keeping just because it is there.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Finally, as a point of information, can you clarify what you mean by jurisdictional concerns?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Greg</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Martin Boyle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Martin.Boyle@nominet.org.uk" target="_blank">Martin.Boyle@nominet.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">And I for one am deeply suspicious of including an authorisation process. It can only be on whether the process has been followed and the proposed changes
are accurate: wouldn’t it be best to confirm with the customer?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">My concern is that the authorisation process as is is entirely administrative. I’d be unhappy with something that kept in place a role that may become a gatekeeper
and could slow down a process. I’d also note that there could be jurisdiction questions associated with this role.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> 11 February 2015 10:29<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CWG-Stewardship] verification function<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I believe "verification" was used as a synonym for what we have generally called "authorization" in our discussion of NTIA's role.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Donna Austin <<a href="mailto:Donna.Austin@ariservices.com" target="_blank">Donna.Austin@ariservices.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any verification would need to meet the same service levels attained now, or better.<u></u><u></u></p>
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On Feb 11, 2015, at 10:14 AM, Avri Doria <<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org" target="_blank">avri@acm.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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Sitting in the<span style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">IANA Department - Who, What, Why?</span></i><span style="font-size:7.5pt">
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The question of who would perform the verification after NTIA no longer does it.<br>
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Unless we assume that the function is not required, is this something that could just be farmed out to a professional audit company?<br>
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