[registrars] NTIA to open IANA for bid

[Jay Westerdal]

"According to a source present at a small meeting hosted by the Association
for Competitive Technology on Saturday, a Department of Commerce official
revealed that the IANA contract would be opened to competitive bidding for
the first time.

The comments were attributed to Meredith Attwell, senior advisor at the
National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a division of
Commerce, by internet policy expert Milton Mueller, a professor at Syracuse
University.

Mueller, who was at the meeting, described the revelation as very
surprising. Previously, Commerce has granted ICANN the IANA contract on a
"sole-source" no-bid basis. Many expect that it will continue to do so."

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Jay Westerdal
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