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| | |website=[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ ntia.doc.gov] | ||
| | |issue areas=DNS | ||
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|facebook=[http://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Telecommunications-and-Information-Administration/132977413407954 NTIA Facebook] | |||
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The '''National Telecommunications and Information Administration''' ('''NTIA''') is an agency for the United States Department of Commerce ([[DOC]]) that acts as the Executive Branch, responsible for recommending the United States President on various telecommunications and information policies. NTIA was formed in 1978 with an aim to work with other Executive Branch Agencies on crucial issues regarding telecommunications and information policies and also to report on the administration’s current role and position as related to these policies and issues. | The '''National Telecommunications and Information Administration''' ('''NTIA''') is an agency for the United States Department of Commerce ([[DOC]]) that acts as the Executive Branch, responsible for recommending the United States President on various telecommunications and information policies. NTIA was formed in 1978 with an aim to work with other Executive Branch Agencies on crucial issues regarding telecommunications and information policies and also to report on the administration’s current role and position as related to these policies and issues. | ||
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He promised that NTIA would continue to participate in the [[Multistakeholder Model|multistakeholder model]] within the [[GAC]]. | He promised that NTIA would continue to participate in the [[Multistakeholder Model|multistakeholder model]] within the [[GAC]]. | ||
===NTIA Transition Announcement=== | |||
''Main article: [[IANA Functions Stewardship Transition]]'' | |||
In March 2014 NTIA released a statement that they are intent on transitioning their part of the [[IANA]] functions away from NTIA and to the global stakeholder community. The first step in this process is for ICANN to convene stakeholders and create a proposal for how the [[IANA]] functions will remain secure and unwavering. The press release outlined a number of principles which the ICANN-community drafted proposal must meet: | |||
* Support and enhance the multistakeholder model; | |||
* Maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet DNS; | |||
* Meet the needs and expectation of the global customers and partners of the IANA services; and, | |||
* Maintain the openness of the Internet. | |||
The current NTIA contract with ICANN expires on 30 September, 2014, and members of the ICANN community took that date as a deadline for drafting and agreeing on a proposal.<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions Press Release: NTIA Announces Intent to Transition Key Internet Domain Name Functions] ''NTIA.doc.gov''; Retrieved 09 July 2014</ref> | |||
ICANN subsequently published their own press release that applauded NTIA's announcement and called it a recognition of the U.S. government to ICANN's "maturation in becoming an effective multistakeholder organization".<ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2014-03-14-en Press Release March 14, 2014</ref> | |||
Global media outlets picked up on the NTIA press release, with many United States media reporting that the United States Government was "giving up control of the Internet". | |||
===PICs=== | ===PICs=== | ||
On February 5th 2013, Just two months before ICANN is to be ready to recommend TLDs for implementation, the organization suggested the creation and implementation of Public Interest Commitments (PICs) via a proposed Registry Agreement posted for public comment. PICs seem to have been devised to allow applicants to respond to potential negative government reactions to their applicants, as highlighted via [[GAC]] early warnings, and write binding amendments to individual applications to highlight their various commitments to creating safe and effective registries. For example, should a government have claimed that an applicant did not have enough safety mechanisms in place, the applicant could create a PIC to highlight a new policy that would restrict registration to a certain group of verifiable professionals. NTIA took the public comment period to recommend that all applicants submit PICs as a way to restrict eligibility to relevant registrants, enforce [[Whois]] accuracy, and protect intellectual property and other creative content from online piracy.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/11987-ntia-fights-big-contents-corner-tells-all-new-gtld-applicants-to-submit-pics NTIA fights big Contents Corner Tells All new gTLD Applicants To Submit PICs, DomainIncite] Retrieved 4 Mar 2013</ref> | On February 5th 2013, Just two months before ICANN is to be ready to recommend TLDs for implementation, the organization suggested the creation and implementation of Public Interest Commitments (PICs) via a proposed Registry Agreement posted for public comment. PICs seem to have been devised to allow applicants to respond to potential negative government reactions to their applicants, as highlighted via [[GAC]] early warnings, and write binding amendments to individual applications to highlight their various commitments to creating safe and effective registries. For example, should a government have claimed that an applicant did not have enough safety mechanisms in place, the applicant could create a PIC to highlight a new policy that would restrict registration to a certain group of verifiable professionals. NTIA took the public comment period to recommend that all applicants submit PICs as a way to restrict eligibility to relevant registrants, enforce [[Whois]] accuracy, and protect intellectual property and other creative content from online piracy.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/11987-ntia-fights-big-contents-corner-tells-all-new-gtld-applicants-to-submit-pics NTIA fights big Contents Corner Tells All new gTLD Applicants To Submit PICs, DomainIncite] Retrieved 4 Mar 2013</ref> | ||
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