On February 25, 2011, the DOC through [[NTIA]] issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) to review the IANA functions contract. The internet community was encouraged to provide their feedback to the different questions posted by the DOC that would help improve the operations of the IANA functions. The deadline for comments was scheduled on March 31, 2011.<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/fr_ianafunctionsnoi_02252011.pdf Notice of Inquiry]</ref>