The purpose of this committee is to coordinate the ccNSO efforts to participate in the IANA Functions Transition Process, and coordinate the ccNSO with other efforts aimed at including the broad ccTLD community in the process. The committee may invite other members of the ccTLD community to participate in the work of the committee, if deemed necessary and appropriate.
ccNSO Statement on IANA Transition
Group Members:
- Becky Burr, .us
- Keith Davidson, .nz
- Byron Holland, .ca
Documents
- Call for Nominations for ccTLD Operators to Participate in the NTIA/IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group – 16 June 2014
- Update on ccNSO Process for Selecting ccTLD Operators to Participate in the NTIA/IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group – 16 June 2014
ICANN Staff Support:
- Bart Boswinkel, ccNSO
- Kristina Nordstrom, ccNSO
- Gabriella Schittek
Useful Announcements and Links Regarding the IANA Transfer
United States Government National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Announcement of intended transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions
NTIA FAQ: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/qa_-_iana-for_web_eop.pdf
Announcement of the leaders of the Internet technical organization
The leaders of the Internet technical organizations responsible for coordination of the Internet infrastructure (IETF, IAB, RIRs, ccTLD ROs, ICANN, ISOC, and W3C), welcome the US Government's announcement of the suggested changes related to the IANA functions contract.
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-14mar14-en.htm
ICANN announcement to launch a process to transition the role of the United States Government relating to the Internet's unique identifiers system: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-14mar14-en.htm
ICANN High-Level Outline of the consultation process: http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/iana/functions-transfer-process-14mar14-en.pdf
ICANN FAQs: http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/iana/functions-transfer-faqs-14mar14-en.pdf
IANA Functions Contract
The IANA functions have historically included:
(1) the coordination of the assignment of technical Internet protocol parameters;
(2) the administration of certain responsibilities associated with Internet DNS root zone management;
(3) the allocation of Internet numbering resources; and
(4) other services related to the management of the .ARPA and .INT top-level domains. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) currently performs the IANA functions, on behalf of the United States Government, through a contract with NTIA.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/page/iana-functions-purchase-order
Verisign Cooperative Agreement
VeriSign manages the authoritative root zone file under the Cooperative Agreement No. NCR 92-18742 with the United States Government. VeriSign's responsiblities include editing the file to reflect recommended changes, publishing the file, and then distributing the file to the root server operators.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/page/verisign-cooperative-agreement
Links