NTIA: Should the IANA Stewardship Transition be "unwound?"

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>
> Date: June 6, 2018 at 12:14:34 EDT
> To: Brian Kantor <Brian () ampr org>
> Cc: nanog () nanog org
> Subject: Re: NTIA: Should the IANA Stewardship Transition be "unwound?"
>
> OK, so looking at the actual notice in the Federal Register (Volume 83,
> Number 108, Tuesday, June 5, 2018), the notice is quite lengthy and covers
> a wide ranging set of topics.
>
> The question about unwinding the stewardship transition is a single list item
> in a rather large list of items which list is only subsection II of a 4-section series of areas of inquiry:
>
> II. Multistakeholder Approach to Internet Governance
>
> A. Does the multistakeholder approach continue to support an environment for the internet to grow and thrive? If so, 
> why? If not, why not?
>
> B. Are there public policy areas in which the multistakeholder approach works best? If yes, what are those areas and 
> why? Are there areas in which the multistakeholder approach does not work effectively? If there are, what are those 
> areas and why?
>
> C. Are the existing accountability structures within multistakeholder internet governance sufficient? If not, why 
> not? What improvements can be made?
>
> D. Should the IANA Stewardship Transition be unwound? If yes, why and how? If not, why not?
>
> E. What should be NTIA’s priorities within ICANN and the GAC?
>
> F. Are there any other DNS related activities NTIA should pursue? If yes, please describe.
>
> G. Are there barriers to engagement at the IGF? If so, how can we lower these barriers?
>
> H. Are there improvements that can be made to the IGF’s structure,
>
> organization, planning processes, or intercessional work programs? If so, what are they?
>
> I. What, if any, action can NTIA take to help raise awareness about the IGF and foster stakeholder engagement?
>
> J. What role should multilateral organizations play in internet governance? 
>
>
> The ones I find most amusing are G, H, and I, which apparently presume that the IGF is a somehow meaningful construct 
> with credibility or ability to accomplish anything at all.
>
> Owen
>
>
>
> > On Jun 6, 2018, at 08:25 , Brian Kantor <Brian () ampr org> wrote:
> >
> > The US NTIA (National Telecommunications and Information Administration)
> > has published an inquiry as to whether its transfer of stewardship of
> > IANA to ICANN in 2016 should be "unwound."  They are requesting comments
> > from interested parties to be sent to them by early July.
> >
> > Quoting _The Register_:
> >
> > "The US government has formally asked whether it should reassert
> > its control of the internet's administrative functions, effectively
> > reversing a handover to non-profit organization ICANN two years ago."
> >
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/05/us_government_icann_iana/
> >
> > and
> >
> > https://regmedia.co.uk/2018/06/05/ntia-internet-policy-noi-jun18.pdf
> >
> >    - Brian



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