[IPC-GNSO] Fwd: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN News Alert -- Plan to Transition Stewardship of Key Internet Functions Sent to the U.S. Government

[Greg Shatan]

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Subject: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN News Alert -- Plan to Transition
Stewardship of Key Internet Functions Sent to the U.S. Government
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[image: ICANN] <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-03-10-en
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Plan to Transition Stewardship of Key Internet Functions Sent to the U.S.
Government Culmination of a Two-Year Effort by the Global Internet Community

10 March 2016

*Marrakech, Morocco…* Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN) Board Chair Dr. Stephen D. Crocker today submitted to the U.S.
Government a plan developed by the international Internet community that,
if approved, will lead to global stewardship of some key technical Internet
functions.

"This plan is a testament to the hard work of the global Internet community
and the strength of the multistakeholder model," said Crocker, who
transmitted the plan on behalf of the global community. "The plan has now
been sent to the U.S. Government for its review, and assuming it meets the
necessary criteria, we will have reached an historic moment in the history
of the Internet."

The plan provides a comprehensive package to transition the U.S.
Government's stewardship of these technical functions, called the IANA
(Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), which are critical to the Internet's
smooth operation. It also proposes ways to enhance ICANN's accountability
as a fully independent organization. The transition is the final step in
the long-anticipated privatization of the Internet's Domain Name System
(DNS), first outlined when ICANN was incorporated in 1998.

The ICANN Board received the package from the community during its 55th
public meeting in Morocco, and today transmitted it to the U.S. National
Telecommunication and Information Administration (NTIA).

On 14 March 2014, NTIA announced its desire to transition its stewardship
of the IANA functions to the global multistakeholder community. The package
is the result of an inclusive, global discussion amongst representatives
from government, large and small business, technical experts, civil
society, researchers, academics and end users.

"The Internet community has exhibited remarkable dedication to the IANA
stewardship transition because we know just how important it is to
complete," said Alissa Cooper, Chair of the IANA Stewardship Transition
Coordination Group (ICG) that coordinated the development of the transition
proposal. "Internet users the world over stand to benefit from its
stability, security, and accountability enhancements to Internet governance
once the proposal takes effect."

The global Internet community has worked tirelessly to develop a plan that
meets NTIA's criteria, logging more than 600 meetings and calls, more than
32,000 mailing list exchanges and more than 800 working hours.

The package combines the technical requirements of a transition coordinated
by the IANA Stewardship Transition Group (ICG) and enhancements to ICANN's
accountability identified by the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing
ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability). The two groups were composed of
volunteers representing a broad range of interests from the wider
multistakeholder Internet community.

"This plan enjoys the broadest possible support from this very diverse
community and I'm confident it will meet NTIA's criteria," said Thomas
Rickert, one of the CCWG-Accountability co-Chairs. "The work of this group
shows just how well the inclusive multistakeholder approach is working."

The U.S. Government will now review the package to ensure that it meets
NTIA's criteria. If approved, implementation of the plan is expected to be
completed prior to the expiration of the contract between NTIA and ICANN in
September 2016.

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To see further comments (quotes) on the transmission of the package go
here:
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iana-stewardship-final-package-quotes
[PDF, 46 KB]

To access the media contacts of Internet organizations involved, go here:
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iana-stewardship-final-package-press-contacts
[PDF, 284 KB]

To read the IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal, go here:
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-stewardship-transition-proposal-10mar16-en.pdf
[PDF, 2.32 MB]

To read the Enhancing ICANN Accountability Final Report, go here:
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ccwg-accountability-supp-proposal-work-stream-1-recs-23feb16-en.pdf
[PDF, 6.03 MB]
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