Goodlatte, Hatch Question 'Widsom' of IANA Transition
“Serious questions remain about the wisdom” of transitioning the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions, said Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., in a CircleID blog post Wednesday. “Our committees have been conducting…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations.
oversight of ICANN and we will continue to closely examine the processes of the United States government and ICANN as these transition discussions continue.” Goodlatte and Hatch said they're encouraged by NTIA Administrator Larry Strickling’s repeated statements that the transition doesn’t have “hard and fast deadlines.” If the Obama administration "is determined to give up oversight of ICANN and the IANA contract, permanent improvements to ICANN's accountability and transparency are critical to building public and congressional trust for any proposed transition,” they said. “Any consideration of such a transition must be done carefully and in close coordination with Congress, rather than in a unilateral way.” Reps. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., and John Shimkus argued Wednesday about the merits of Shimkus’ Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act (HR-805) (see 1502110014). DOTCOM would require GAO to study the transition proposal for up to one year before approval by NTIA (see 1502100049).