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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.
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 press release outlined a number of principles which the ICANN-community drafted proposal must meet:
The press release outlined a number of principles which the ICANN-community drafted proposal must meet:
*Must Support and enhance the multistakeholder model;
*Must Support and enhance the multistakeholder model;
*Must Maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet DNS;
*Must Maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet [[DNS]];
*Must Meet the needs and expectation of the global customers and partners of the IANA services; and,
*Must Meet the needs and expectation of the global customers and partners of the IANA services; and,
*Must Maintain the openness of the Internet.
*Must Maintain the openness of the Internet.