Morning Consult – Groups Say Transitioning Internet-Naming Agency Would Break Law
Steve DelBianco, executive director at NetChoice who was directly involved in the negotiations that crafted the transition plan, is skeptical that appropriations riders could stop the transition.
“My sense is that NTIA would not need to spend any funds in simply allowing the IANA contract to expire, in which case an appropriations rider would not block the transition,” DelBianco said in an email to Morning Consult.