Green Paper

The Green Paper entitles A Proposal to Improve the Technical Management of Internet Names and Addresses was released by the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) in response to the comments and suggestions provided by the global internet community based on the Request For Comments (RFC) issued by the United States Department Of Commerce on July 1, 1997 regarding the overall framework of the DNS Administration, creation of new top level domains (TLD), policies for domain name registrars as well as trademark issues. The Green Paper was published in the Federal Register on January 30, 1998, which was open for public comments. A total of 650 comments was received by the NTIA until the comment period closed on March 23, 1998.