[cooperation-wg] NTIA Issues IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal Report

Dear colleagues,

The transition of stewardship of the IANA functions to the global 
multistakeholder community has reached a significant milestone.

On 9 June 2016, the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration (NTIA) issued its assessment report on the IANA 
Stewardship Transition Proposal. The proposal was submitted to the NTIA 
in March 2016 following the ICANN 55 Meeting.

 From its first announcement, the NTIA has set down a number of 
requirements that any proposal for transition would need to meet. The 
proposal must:

1. Support and enhance the multistakeholder model;
2. Maintain the security, stability and resiliency of the Internet DNS;
3. Meet the needs and expectations of the global customers and partners 
of the IANA services; and
4. Maintain the openness of the Internet.

The NTIA further stipulated that it "would not accept a proposal that 
replaces its role with a government-led or intergovernmental 
organization solution."

After thorough review the NTIA reports that it finds that "the IANA 
Stewardship Transition Proposal meets the criteria necessary to complete 
the long-promised privatization of the IANA functions."

The NTIA also looked at the recommendations developed by the Cross 
Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability, and found 
that "the accountability recommendations are consistent with sound 
principles of good governance that reflect the unique and important 
mission of ICANN within the Internet ecosystem.”

The NTIA is now engaging with members of the United States Congress, and 
has asked ICANN to provide an implementation planning status report to 
gauge whether this work is likely to be completed prior to the 
expiration of the IANA functions contract on 30 September 2016.

A fact sheet and link to the full report is available at:
https://www.ntia.doc.gov/other-publication/2016/fact-sheet-ntias-assessment-iana-stewardship-transition-proposal

Further information on the IANA stewardship transition is available at:
https://www.ripe.net/iana-stewardship-transition

Best regards,

Axel Pawlik
Managing Director
RIPE NCC