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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.
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ICANN's new gTLD Program

* New gTLD Program Overview

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All New gTLD Applications

* Generic Applications * Geographic Applications * Brand Applications * IDN Applications