Broadcasting News – NTIA OK With Domain Name Hand-Off
“With this report, NTIA clears the way for expiration of the IANA contract, leaving ICANN under the control of the international private sector stakeholders it was designed to serve,” said Steve DelBianco, executive director of NetChoice, a member of the ICANN working group that came up with the accountability proposal in the transition plan.
“Some members of Congress have lingering doubts about this transition, but the protections are in place – to include ICANN’s headquarters remaining in the U.S. – to ensure that free expression and free enterprise will prevail in the domain name system at the core of the Internet.”