Tag Archives: NTIA

Fri 12th February 2016
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Verisign Working On Getting Contract To Operate .Com Registry For 10 More Years - In the earnings call today, Verisign (VRSN) announced that it was in “in the final stages of drafting the new Root Zone Maintainer Agreement with ICANN “to perform this Root Zone Maintainer role as a commercial service for ICANN upon the successful transition of the IANA functions.” “To ensure that root operations continue to perform at the same high level during the expected 10-year term of the Root Zone Maintainer Agreement, ICANN and VeriSign are in discussions to extend the term of the ... read more ...
Thu 24th July 2014
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Google and Vint Cerf explain a NTIA transition (video) - Simple video explains what’s going on with the U.S. government’s role in the internet. Vint Cerf, the “father of internet” and former Chairman of ICANN, now works for Google. Cerf has narrated a new Google video about the history of internet governance, ICANN and the role of the U.S. government. (See video embedded below.) It’s a pretty clever way to sum up the proposed change in role of the U.S. government in a simple, sub-three-minute video. In other words, ... read more ...
Wed 23rd July 2014
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Larry Strickling debate to American Enterprise Institute - Speech lays out what’s ahead and why some people are overreacting. Lawrence Strickling, Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), gave a speech to American Enterprise Institute yesterday about the transition of internet functions away from NTIA. The transition of the IANA functions has been hotly (and poorly) debated in some circles. People react to a brief snippet on a blog or to a talking head on TV about how “Obama ... read more ...
Wed 19th March 2014
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NTIA: U.S. won’t desert a purpose in a internet until it’s confident with a alternative - Strickling makes it clear that IANA contract won’t be transitioned until it is happy with the alternative. Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information Lawrence E. Strickling penned a blog post today to try to clarify some of the misinformation coming out of last week’s announcement of transitioning the IANA functions. In his post, Strickling makes is clear that the NTIA will only transition these functions if it’s satisfied with the alternative that ... read more ...
Mon 17th March 2014
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Verisign tells markets NTIA news doesn’t impact the .com agreement while batch drops - Verisign points out that NTIA announcement has nothing to do with .com, but at least one analyst has downgraded the stock due to uncertainty. Verisign issued a press release this morning reminding investors that Friday’s big news about the U.S. government transitioning internet responsibilities does not affect its lucrative contract to run the .com domain name registry. Verisign shares were down about 6% in the first few minutes of trading today. Last Friday National ... read more ...
Fri 14th March 2014
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This time it’s real: U.S. prepared to give adult control over pivotal internet functions - Government ready to relinquish control over IANA contract. In 2009 the U.S Government agreed to the “Affirmation of Commitments” with ICANN to set if free from U.S. control. The press ate it up, assuming that it meant the U.S. had given up control of the internet. It hadn’t. The key contract that the U.S. government controls for the internet’s naming system is actually the Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA) contract, which includes managing the root ... read more ...
Thu 8th August 2013
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Verisign responds to NTIA: There’s a disproportion between “ability” and “advisability” - Verisign says it will agree to add lots of new TLDs to the root, but advises against it at this time. Verisign has responded to the U.S. National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA)’s demand that Verisign verify it will add new top level domains names to the root upon request. The company confirmed (pdf) that it will add new top level domains to the root, but essentially said “if something goes wrong, don’t say we didn’t tell you so.” The ... read more ...
Sat 3rd August 2013
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NTIA dissapoint with Verisign, final that it endorse it will routine new TLD delegations - NTIA questions Verisign’s recent spate of concerns about new TLD rollout. ICANN has published a letter that Verisign sent to the U.S. National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) regarding Verisign’s security and stability concerns for new top level domains as well as the NTIA’s response. The response shows that the NTIA doesn’t want Verisign playing any games. Verisign’s letter was sent May 31 and the NTIA’s response has an August 2 ... read more ...
Wed 10th June 2009
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ICANN to U.S. Government: End Joint Project Agreement - ICANN Chairman of the Board asks government to conclude JPA upon expiration this year. Peter Thrush, Chairman of ICANN’s Board of Directors, has sent an eleven page letter (pdf) to National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) asking to end the Joint Project Agreement when it expires later this year. The letter was in response to NTIA’s Notice of Inquiry regarding “the transition of the technical coordination and management of the internet’s ... read more ...
Thu 21st May 2009
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Senators Push for Strickling to Keep Eye on ICANN - Incoming NTIA chief asked to keep close eye on ICANN agreement. U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe (of the infamous “Snowe Bill” ), R-Maine, and Bill Nelson, D-Fla, are pushing for incoming National Telecommunications Information Administration chief Larry Strickling to keep a watchful eye on ICANN, reports Nextgov. NTIA is currently requesting comments regarding what should happen to the Joint Project Agreement between the U.S. government and ICANN that expires September ... read more ...