[arin-announce] NTIA Issues IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal Report

[ARIN]

On 9 June 2016, The National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration (NTIA) issued its assessment report on the IANA 
Stewardship Transition Proposal.

In order to be accepted, the proposal needed to be shown to have "broad 
community support and address the following four principles:

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."

ARIN recognizes that the NTIA report and acceptance of the proposal is 
an important milestone that completes the planning phase for the IANA 
Stewardship Transition.

The full report is available at:

https://www.ntia.doc.gov/report/2016/iana-stewardship-transition-proposal-assessment-report

Additional related postings by NTIA can be found at:

https://www.ntia.doc.gov/category/domain-name-system

Regards,

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)