NTIA Awaiting ICANN's IANA Transition Implementation Report
NTIA is awaiting ICANN's report on the status of its implementation​ of governance and technical work related to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority transition as the agency evaluates whether the transition can proceed as planned, NTIA said in a report…
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to Congress released Thursday. ICANN's report, due Aug. 12, will help NTIA assess “whether ICANN can complete all of the transition-related planning work” prior to the current Sept. 30 end-date for NTIA's current contract with ICANN to administer the IANA functions, the agency said. NTIA Administrator Larry Strickling told Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and four other GOP senators in late June that the agency sees “no tangible benefit” to seeking a delay of the transition absent a request from ICANN (see 1606280062).