[CWG-Stewardship] [ianatransition] A new proposed US bill?

[Phil Corwin]

Thanks. 

Don't view Congress as an adversary. There's broad bipartisan support for the multistakeholder model. When the message is "support the stakeholders" it resonates. 

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> On Nov 22, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org> wrote:
> 
> Agree with Philip's analysis of the situation.
> 
> IMHO developments to track in Washington D.C. over the coming months
> include:
> 
> - Efforts by ICANN and others to brief congressional staffers,
> congressional members, and key think tanks in the DC area in regards to
> the IANA transition.
> 
> - Extent (or not) of bipartisan support for the IANA transition as
> proposed by the communities
> 
> - Report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on ICANN/IANA.
> Report once released will likely form the basis of one or more
> congressional hearings.
> 
> - Efforts my congressional members to introduce bills and/or amendments
> related to IANA/ICANN issues in the appropriations process. NTIA
> funding, for instance could be made conditional to changes to IANA
> and/or ICANN
> 
> regards
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> 
>> On 2014-11-20 11:56 AM, Phil Corwin wrote:
>> Many bills are introduced in the US Congress. Few are enacted and signed
>> into law. The current Congress ends in just a few weeks and this bill
>> will need to be reintroduced in 2015.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Based on my soundings I expect there will be increased Congressional
>> oversight of the IANA transition and ICANN accountability in the new
>> Congress that starts in January. It is entirely premature to speculate
>> whether those hearings will result in any legislative proposals. While
>> Republicans will control the Senate for the next two years any
>> legislation would need at least some bipartisan support to move forward.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> *Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal*
>> 
>> *Virtualaw LLC*
>> 
>> *1155 F Street, NW*
>> 
>> *Suite 1050*
>> 
>> *Washington, DC 20004*
>> 
>> *202-559-8597/Direct*
>> 
>> *202-559-8750/Fax*
>> 
>> *202-255-6172/cell***
>> 
>> * *
>> 
>> *Twitter: @VlawDC*
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> */"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey/*
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> *From:*cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org
>> [mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org] *On Behalf Of
>> *Camino.MANJON at ec.europa.eu
>> *Sent:* Thursday, November 20, 2014 11:49 AM
>> *To:* cwg-stewardship at icann.org
>> *Subject:* [CWG-Stewardship] FW: [ianatransition] A new proposed US bill?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> This has been shared today via the IANA transition list.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Apologies for cross-posting.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Best regards
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Camino
>> 
>>    *From:*Richard Hill <rhill at hill-a.ch <mailto:rhill at hill-a.ch>>
>>    *Date:* November 20, 2014 at 11:21:50 EST
>>    *To:* "Ianatransition at Icann. Org
>>    <mailto:Ianatransition at Icann.%20Org>" <ianatransition at icann.org
>>    <mailto:ianatransition at icann.org>>
>>    *Cc:* "Rhill at Alum. Mit. Edu <mailto:Rhill at Alum.%20Mit.%20Edu>"
>>    <rhill at alum.mit.edu <mailto:rhill at alum.mit.edu>>
>>    *Subject:* *[ianatransition] A new proposed US bill?*
>>    *Reply-To:* <rhill at hill-a.ch <mailto:rhill at hill-a.ch>>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>     Does anybody know anything about the attached?
>> 
>> 
>>    Best,
>> 
>>    Richard 
>> 
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