[kictanet] [i-network] Re: [ISOC_KE] Fw: [ICANN-discuss] IANA RFP Canceled

Sun Mar 11 19:55:28 EAT 2012

I agree Walu, it would be interesting to see the reactions and or
input from the African Region, probably the GAC representatives from
our region could advise :-)

On 3/11/12, John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Barrack,
>
> this looks like a serious development...IANA
> oversees the global IP address allocation under  ICANN through a contract
> signed with the US Govt.  This contract is expiring and so there is need to
> shop around for proposals (RFP) on the way forward. The cancellation of the
> RFP leaves more questions than answers..
>
> walu.
>
>
>
> --- On Sun, 3/11/12, otieno.barrack at gmail.com <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> From: otieno.barrack at gmail.com <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
> Subject: [ISOC_KE] Fw: [ICANN-discuss] IANA RFP Canceled
> To: isoc at orion.my.co.ke
> Date: Sunday, March 11, 2012, 6:14 PM
>
>
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> Subject: [ICANN-discuss] IANA RFP Canceled
>
> http://domainincite.com/ntia-says-icann-does-not-meet-the-requirements-for-iana-renewal/
>
> NTIA says ICANN "does not meet the requirements" for IANA renewal
> Kevin Murphy, March 10, 2012, 15:21:51 (UTC), Domain Policy
>
> The National
>  Telecommunications and Information Administration has
> dealt a stunning blow
> to ICANN in its bid to carry on running the internet's critical IANA
> functions.
>
> The NTIA said this hour that it has canceled the RFP for the new IANA
> contract "because we
> received no proposals that met the requirements requested by the
> global community"
>
> NTIA thinks that ICANN's bid was unsatisfactory, in other words.
>
> The NTIA said:
>
>    Based on the input received from stakeholders around the world,
> NTIA added new
> requirements to the IANA functions' statement of work, including the
> need for structural
> separation of policymaking from implementation, a robust companywide
> conflict of interest
> policy, provisions reflecting heightened respect for local country
> laws, and a series of
> consultation and reporting requirements to increase transparency and
> accountability to the
> international
>  community.
>
>    The government may cancel any solicitation that does not meet the
> requirements.
> Accordingly, we are cancelling this RFP because we received no
> proposals that met the
> requirements requested by the global community. The Department intends
> to reissue the RFP
> at a future date to be determined (TBD) so that the requirements of
> the global internet
> community can be served.
>
> However, it has extended ICANN's current IANA contract until September 30,
> 2012.
>
> This means ICANN still has its IANA powers over the DNS root zone, at
> least for another
> six months.
>
> While the NTIA has not yet revealed where ICANN's bid for the contract
> fell short, it is
> known that the NTIA and ICANN's senior management did not exactly see
> eye to eye on
> certain issues.
>
> One of the key sticking points is the NTIA's demand that the IANA
> contractor - ICANN -
> must document that all new gTLD
>  delegations are in "the global public interest".
>
> This demand is a way to prevent another controversy such as the
> approval of .xxx a year
> ago, which the Governmental Advisory Committee objected to on the
> grounds that it was not
> the "the global public interest".
>
> Coupled with newly strengthened Applicant Guidebook powers for the GAC
> to object to new
> gTLD application, the IANA language could be described as "if the GAC
> objects, you must
> reject".
>
> If the GAC were to declare .gay or .catholic "not in the global public
> interest", it would
> be pretty tough for ICANN to prove otherwise.
>
> But ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom has previously stated that he believed
> such rules imposed by
> the US government would undermine the multistakeholder process.
>
> He told the NTIA last June that the draft IANA contract language stood
> to "rewrite"
> ICANN's own process when it came to approving new gTLDs.
>
>
>   The IANA functions contract should not be used to rewrite the policy and
> implementation process adopted through the bottom-up decision-making
> process. Not only
> would this undermine the very principle of the multi-stakeholder
> model, it would be
> inconsistent with the objective of more clearly distinguishing policy
> development from
> operational implementation by the IANA functions operator.
>
> Since then, language requiring ICANN to prove "consensus" on new gTLD
> delegations was
> removed, but language requiring it to demonstrate the "global public
> interest" remains.
>
> The game is bigger than petty squabbling about new gTLDs, however.
>
> The US government is worried about International Telecommunications
> Union treaty talks
> later this year, which many countries want to use to push for
> government-led internet
> governance.
>
> A strong GAC, backed by an enforceable IANA contract, is one way
>  to
> field concerns that
> ICANN is not responsive enough to government interests.
>
> It's tempting to view the deferral of the IANA renewal as an attempt to wait
> out
> Beckstrom's tenure as CEO - he's set to leave at the end of June - and
> deal with a more
> compliant replacement instead.
>
>
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