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

Sun Mar 11 20:11:14 EAT 2012

On 3/11/12, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 :-)

I don't think the GAC folk want to touch this with a ten foot pole.

It's a bluff by the USG to try and scare the ICANN Board, they are
doing the heavy lifting (some would say "dirty work" for the GAC, who
want more power inside ICANN, which the Board does not want to give
them.

A new ICANN CEO will be in place in the run up to the new September
deadline, some are suggesting it's all about setting the tone between
the GAC and the new CEO.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

>
> 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
>>
>>
>> Sent from my BlackBerry®
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com>
>> Sender: icann-discuss-bounces at elists.isoc.org
>> Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 13:21:23
>> To: ISOC icann-discuss<icann-discuss at elists.isoc.org>
>> Reply-To: joly at punkcast.com
>> Cc: <x-pubpol at isoc-ny.org>
>> 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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