| Author (Corporate) | United States: Library of Congress: Congressional Research Service (CRS) |
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| Publisher | USA Congress: Library of Congress |
| Series Title | Reports and Issue Briefs |
| Series Details | R44022 |
| Publication Date | 01/09/2016 |
| Content Type | Report |
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The Congressional Research Service, a department of the Library of Congress, conducts research and analysis for Congress on a broad range of national and international policy issues. Some of the CRS work is carried out specifically for individual members of Congress or their staff and is confidential. However, there is also much CRS compiled material which is considered public but is not formally published on the CRS website. For that reason a number of other organisations try to keep track of these publications and make them publicly available via their own websites. Currently, ESO uses the following websites to track these reports and allow access to them in ESO: EveryCRSReport.com In some cases hyperlinks allows you to access all versions of a report, including the latest. Note that many reports are periodically updated.As of 01 September 2016, the U.S. government retained limited authority over the Internet’s domain name system, primarily through the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions contract between the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). By virtue of the IANA functions contract, the NTIA exerted a legacy authority and stewardship over ICANN, and arguably had more influence over ICANN and the domain name system (DNS) than other national governments. The IANA functions contract with NTIA was dut to expire on 30 September 2016, with the flexibility to extend it for any period through September 2019. On 14 March 2014, NTIA announced the intention to transition its stewardship role and procedural authority over key Internet domain name functions to the global Internet multistakeholder community. To accomplish this transition, NTIA asked ICANN to convene interested global Internet stakeholders to develop a transition proposal. NTIA stated that it would not accept any transition proposal that would replace the NTIA role with a government-led or an intergovernmental organization solution. This decision prompted criticism and worry that relinquishing U.S. authority over Internet domain names might offer opportunities for either hostile foreign governments or intergovernmental organizations, such as the United Nations, to gain undue influence over the Internet. On the other hand, supporters argued that this transition completes the necessary evolution of Internet domain name governance toward the private sector, and will ultimately support and strengthen the multistakeholder model of Internet governance. |
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| Source Link | https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R44022.html |
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| Subject Categories | Business and Industry |
| Countries / Regions | Europe, United States |
