FCC Republicans Back IANA Transition Delay
FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai backed a delay of the planned Internet Assigned Numbers Authority transition. Capitol Hill Republicans also are pushing for an IANA transition delay and are focusing on mandating it through proposed language in the short-term continuing resolution…
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to fund the government when FY 2016 ends Sept. 30 (see 1609220067). The CR language would extend an existing rider in the Department of Commerce's FY 2016 budget that bars NTIA from using its funds during the fiscal year to execute the IANA transition (see 1609130050). The existing internet governance model “has been a tremendous success,” Pai said in a Wednesday statement. When NTIA announced in 2014 its intention to spin off its oversight of the IANA functions, ”I argued that the burden of proof was on those favoring this momentous change,” Pai said, and “getting it right is far more important than getting it done right now, and additional time to consider the merits of the transition would benefit all stakeholders.” Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump earlier backed a transition delay (see 1609210070). Commissioner Michael O'Rielly backed a transition delay during a Tuesday International Bar Association conference. “All details of the transition must be worked out, fully considered and all questions answered before this transition goes any further,” O'Rielly said in prepared remarks.