The '''IANA Functions Stewardship Transition''' is a process and community discussion regarding the transition of [[IANA]] functions stewardship from its historical contract with the United States government's [[NTIA]] to the global Internet community. The process and discussion is spearheaded by [[ICANN]] and its various stakeholder groups, and was catalyzed by an announcement in March 2014 by NTIA that they would be relinquishing the stewardship to the Internet community. | The '''IANA Functions Stewardship Transition''' is a process and community discussion regarding the transition of [[IANA]] functions stewardship from its historical contract with the United States government's [[NTIA]] to the global Internet community. The process and discussion is spearheaded by [[ICANN]] and its various stakeholder groups, and was catalyzed by an announcement in March 2014 by NTIA that they would be relinquishing the stewardship to the Internet community. |