ICANN acknowledged the importance of a comprehensive review on the IANA Functions contract. ICANN suggested to change the conditions of the procurement contract between the U.S. government and internet governing body into a Cooperative Agreement. In addition, ICANN also recommended the include the principles of accountability and transparency in the next framework of the agreement and to restrict the scope of the IANA functions. ICANN will continue to perform the existing IANA function by entering separate agreements with the Internet Architecture Board ([[IAB]]) and the Internet Engineering Task Force ([[IETF]]) to perform the port and protocol parameter registry functions and the management of [[.arpa]] top level domain name ([[TLD]]).<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/comments/110207099-1099-01/attachments/ACF2EF.pdf ICANN Response to the DOC Notice of Inquiry]</ref> | ICANN acknowledged the importance of a comprehensive review on the IANA Functions contract. ICANN suggested to change the conditions of the procurement contract between the U.S. government and internet governing body into a Cooperative Agreement. In addition, ICANN also recommended the include the principles of accountability and transparency in the next framework of the agreement and to restrict the scope of the IANA functions. ICANN will continue to perform the existing IANA function by entering separate agreements with the Internet Architecture Board ([[IAB]]) and the Internet Engineering Task Force ([[IETF]]) to perform the port and protocol parameter registry functions and the management of [[.arpa]] top level domain name ([[TLD]]).<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/comments/110207099-1099-01/attachments/ACF2EF.pdf ICANN Response to the DOC Notice of Inquiry]</ref> |