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ICANN Addressing NTIA-Recommended Improvements to IANA Transition Plans

ICANN is working to address areas of its Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) transition plans that NTIA flagged as requiring improvements, said ICANN Global Domains Division President Akram Atallah in a Monday blog post. NTIA said the IANA transition plans…

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flagged yellow under 11 of the 70 areas included in Treadway Commission Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) Internal Control Framework Assessment. NTIA in part evaluated the transition plans using the COSO framework after the GAO recommended use of the framework as an evaluation tool (see 1509180065). The 11 areas needing improvement involved governance of the post-transition IANA (PTI), the PTI Audit Committee, PTI operations and ICANN’s new investigatory process, Atallah said. “Although NTIA does not require that any of the recommendations flagged as yellow be resolved as a pre-condition for the completion of the transition, we are confident that there is a clear path forward to address every item,” Atallah said. “We reviewed each of the items against NTIA’s recommended action, and implementation notes have been developed where further work is needed.”