[ga] The NTIA Public Comment

[Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>]

[excerpt]
 
"The Department believes strongly that it is important to clarify that we are 
not in discussions with either party to change the respective roles of the 
Department, ICANN or VeriSign regarding the management of the authoritative 
root zone file, nor do we have any plans to undertake such discussions. 
Consistent with public statements made by the United States government starting 
in 2000 and reinforced by the 2005 U.S. Principles on the Internet's Domain 
Name and Addressing System, the Department, while open to operational 
efficiency measures that address governmentsʼ legitimate public policy and 
sovereignty concerns with respect to the management of their ccTLD, has no 
plans to transition management of the authoritative root zone file to ICANN as 
suggested in the PSC documents."
 
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/comments/2008/ICANN_080730.html