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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:black'>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><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;background:white'><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;border:none;padding:0in;font-size:1.31rem;box-sizing: border-box;padding:1rem;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;widows: 1'><span style='font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Another Milestone Towards the IANA Stewardship Transition<o:p></o:p></span></h1></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black;background:#FFFEFE'>By: Steve Crocker</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>On March 14, 2014, 818 days ago, the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) asked ICANN to convene the global Internet community to develop proposals to transition the stewardship of the IANA functions to the multistakeholder community. It also called for enhancements toICANN’s accountability mechanisms.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem'><span style='font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Today, NTIA released a <a href="https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/combined_iana_stewardship_transition_assessment_report.pdf"><span style='color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none'>comprehensive evaluation of the proposals</span></a>. I am very pleased with NTIA’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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem'><span style='font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>We appreciate NTIA’s efficient and thorough review of the transition proposals. In the meantime, ICANNstaff and community members continue to plan and prepare for a timely and successful implementation of the proposals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem'><span style='font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>