DNS Privatization Complete After IANA Transition, NTIA Says
Successful conclusion of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority transition and expiration of NTIA's role in authorizing changes to the authoritative root zone file mean the federal government has “finally realized the bipartisan goal of previous administrations to privatize the domain…
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name system,” said the agency Thursday in what it called its final progress report to Congress on the switchover. ICANN completed the IANA handoff in early October, leading many to predict a refocus of the organization's attention on other issues (see 1610030042). The global “multistakeholder community has reacted positively” to the transition, including positive reports from the Internet Architecture Board, Internet Engineering Task Force and Internet Society, NTIA said. The U.S. government “will continue to play an active leadership role in advocating for a free and open Internet and U.S. interests within ICANN as a member of the Governmental Advisory Committee, and in other international venues,” the agency said.