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<h2>News Alert</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-31-en"
target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-31-en</a></p>
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<h2>ICG Seeking Public Input on Key Internet Governance Proposal</h2>
<p>31 July 2015</p>
<p>The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) today
released for public comment the proposal [<a
href="https://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/documents/IANA-stewardship-transition-proposal-EN.pdf"
target="_blank">IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal</a> [PDF,
2.2 MB]] for the transition of the stewardship of the Internet
Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions from the U. S.
Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA) to the global multistakeholder
community. This presents a seminal opportunity for the public to
evaluate the proposal as a whole and how it meets the criteria
established by NTIA. The ICG is encouraging the public to review
the proposal and share their reactions and comments during the
public comment period <a
href="https://www.ianacg.org/calls-for-input/combined-proposal-public-comment-period/"
target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p> Following the opening of the 40-day public comment period, the
ICG will host <a
href="https://www.ianacg.org/icg-will-be-hosting-two-webinars-regarding-the-transition-proposal-on-thursday-6-august-1900-2030-utc-and-friday-7-august-1100-1230-utc-further-details-will-be-announced-at-the-end-of-the-week/"
target="_blank">two briefing webinars</a> open to the public on
Thursday 6 August, 19:00-20:30 UTC and Friday 7 August,
11:00-12:30 UTC.</p>
<p> The transition of IANA's stewardship represents an important
Internet governance milestone. The proposal for how to carry out
the transition is the result of a tremendous undertaking by the
global multistakeholder community, including the operational
communities with direct operation or service relationships with
the IANA functions as well as global business, civil society,
governments, and Internet users. These geographically diverse
groups came together to work on this process shortly after <a
href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions"
target="_blank">NTIA announced its intent to transition its
stewardship role in March 2014</a><sup><a
href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-31-en#foot1"
name="14ee742b1d56ecf0_note1" title="" target="_blank">1</a></sup>.
The proposal was developed through a transparent community-led
process, open to and inclusive of all interested stakeholders.</p>
<p> The proposal combines components related to the three categories
of IANA functions – domain names, Internet numbering resources,
and protocol parameters – each of which have already been
thoroughly and publicly vetted.</p>
<p> "The dedication that the Internet community has exhibited to the
IANA stewardship transition is nothing short of remarkable," said
Alissa Cooper, Chair of the ICG and member of the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF) community. "The public comment
period presents an opportunity for the public to assess the
transition proposal in its entirety and for the ICG to build a
public record demonstrating how the proposal meets the
expectations set out by the U.S. Government."</p>
<p>"It has been a big undertaking to develop a proposal that meets
the criteria set forth by the NTIA," said Patrik Fältström, Vice
Chair of the ICG and Chair of the Security and Stability Advisory
Committee (SSAC). "I am confident that after receiving and
analyzing the public comments, we will be poised to put this
proposal forward to the U.S. Government for review and approval."</p>
<p>"The ICG is looking forward to receiving broad input concerning
key questions about the proposal," said Mohamed El Bashir ( <span
dir="rtl">محمد البشير</span> ), Vice Chair of the ICG and member
of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), "The public's input is
absolutely crucial to this process."</p>
<p>In parallel to the ICG, a Cross Community Working Group
(CCWG-Accountability) was formed to facilitate the process of
developing enhancements to ICANN's accountability in light of the
transition away from the U.S. Government. The CCWG-Accountability
proposal will be available for public comment on Monday, 3 August.
The public should direct comments about the Enhancing ICANN
Accountability proposal to the CCWG-Accountability and comments
about the IANA Stewardship Transition proposal to the ICG.</p>
<h3>Webinar Details & How to Attend</h3>
<p>The webinars will be run in an <a
href="https://icann.adobeconnect.com/icg" target="_blank">Adobe
Connect Room</a> on Thursday 6 August, 19:00-20:30 UTC and
Friday 7 August, 11:00-12:30 UTC. If you are interested in
attending a webinar and would like to receive dial-in details,
please send an email to the ICG Secretariat < <a
href="mailto:admin@icgsec.asia" target="_blank">admin@icgsec.asia</a>
> and indicate which webinar you would like to attend. Please
note that the webinars will be conducted in English and will be
live interpreted in the 5 UN languages plus Portuguese. They will
also be recorded and transcribed. Subsequently the transcripts
will be translated in the 5 UN languages and Portuguese and
posted.</p>
<p><em># # #</em></p>
<p>For further information about the ICG and the IANA Stewardship
Transition, please see <a href="https://www.ianacg.org"
target="_blank">https://www.ianacg.org</a> or <a
href="https://www.icann.org/stewardship" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/stewardship</a>.</p>
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