Overview

Welcome to the NTIA IANA Functions' Stewardship Transition microsite, a comprehensive destination for discussion, contribution, and collaboration related to the NTIA's announcement and request of 14 March 2014.

As convener of the process to develop a transition proposal, ICANN has made available the tools and resources to facilitate the discussion and capture the views and comments of the global multistakeholder community.

This microsite will serve as a resource and information-sharing platform for all interested parties, as well as a tool for the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) to keep global stakeholders updated on all developments.

Background

Shortly after the NTIA Announcement of 14 March 2014, ICANN launched a multistakeholder process and discussion to gather community views and input on the principles and mechanisms for the transitioning of NTIA's stewardship of the IANA functions.

Following a month-long call for input on the community-driven draft proposal, on 6 June, ICANN posted the Process to Develop the Proposal and Next Steps.

Then following a call for names, the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) was formed comprised of individuals selected by each represented community. These 30 individuals represent 13 communities of both direct and indirect stakeholders who together will deliver a proposal to the NTIA recommending a transition plan of NTIA’s stewardship of IANA functions to the Internet community, consistent with the key principles outlined in the NTIA March 14 announcement. The ICG will conduct itself transparently, consult with a broad range of stakeholders and ensure that its final recommendations support the security and stability of the IANA functions.

To follow the developments of the ICG click the Coordination Group tab.

ICG Completes its Work and Awaits Conclusion of CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability

Thursday, 29 October 2015

IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal [PDF, 2.4 MB]

The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group has finalized the IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal with the exception of one outstanding item. The names portion of the proposal is conditioned on ICANN-level accountability mechanisms currently under development in the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG). Before sending this proposal to the NTIA via the ICANN Board, the ICG will secure confirmation from the CWG that its accountability requirements have been met.

The ICG would like to thank all those who submitted public comments during the ICG’s public comment period. The ICG discussed this input and incorporated it into the current proposal as appropriate. As a result, matters relating to the dependency between the CWG and the CCWG, the Post-Transition IANA, the Root Zone Maintainer, the jurisdiction of ICANN, intellectual property related to IANA, and conformance with the NTIA criteria, among other matters, have been clarified.

The numbers and protocol parameters portions of the proposal are complete, ready for implementation, and have no dependencies on the work of the CCWG or other remaining processes. Preparation for implementation of the numbers and protocol parameters proposals is underway and can continue without waiting for the CCWG to complete its work.

Development of Community Proposals

Domain Names (CWG-Stewardship)

• Final draft: https://community.icann.org/x/aJ00Aw

• Status: Submitted to ICG on 25 June 2015

• Website: https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg

Numbering Resources (CRISP Team)

• Final draft: https://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/ICG-RFP-Number-Resource-Proposal.pdf

• Status: Submitted to ICG on 15 January 2015

• Website: https://www.nro.net/crisp-team

Protocol Parameters (IANAPLAN Working Group)

• Final draft: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-ianaplan-icg-response-09

• Status: Submitted to ICG on 6 January 2015

• Website: http://www.ietf.org/iana-transition.html