Is like killing two birds with one stone
On Thursday, September 8, 2016, Sam Lanfranco <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> With the U.S. Federal election two months away, several weeks after the
> planned IANA transition,
> these moves might be designed for partisan political advantage in the last
> two or three weeks leading up to the election.
> It is not hard to speculate about strategies to knock off two birds (a
> candidate and the transition) with one move.
> Even if the U.S. Senate and House do nothing, the transition process and
> the election can be seriously impacted here,
> especially by a well timed and well orchestrated media campaign. Hopefully
> such choppy waters do not materialize.
>
> Sam L.
>
> On 9/8/2016 3:11 PM, Sonigitu Ekpe wrote:
>
> *“The transition of the IANA functions to the global multi-stakeholder
> community is a serious, groundbreaking, and potentially unalterable
> action.”*
>
> *WASHINGTON* - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton
> (R-Mich.), U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
> Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.), Senate Committee on the Judiciary Chairman
> Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob
> Goodlatte (R-Va.) today, in a letter
> <http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwOTA4LjYzNTA1NjYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDkwOC42MzUwNTY2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MzQ0NzI1JmVtYWlsaWQ9c29uaWdpdHUuZWtwZUBncmFkdWF0ZWluc3RpdHV0ZS5jaCZ1c2VyaWQ9c29uaWdpdHUuZWtwZUBncmFkdWF0ZWluc3RpdHV0ZS5jaCZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&https://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/9b6b37a9-e5a4-4695-931e-73d54b32f768/D453845EFDC860DCC3161346BBCA9C63.20160908-doj-lynch-doc-pritzker-joint-letter-on-iana-transition.pdf> to
> U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Secretary of Commerce Penny
> Pritzker, raised numerous concerns about plans for the Obama Administration
> to cede authority over the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
> functions managed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
> Numbers (ICANN) and called for reconsideration of the transition, currently
> set to occur on October 1, 2016.
>
> “The transition of the IANA functions to the global multi-stakeholder
> community is a serious, groundbreaking, and potentially unalterable
> action,” said the four chairmen in the letter to Lynch and Pritzker. “We
> have closely examined the arguments for and against the proposed
> transition, including concerns about whether the transition could enhance
> the role of authoritarian regimes in Internet governance. In particular, we
> have heard from witnesses testifying to concerns that important
> accountability measures have yet to be fully fleshed out, tested, or
> proven, because they will not have been implemented prior to September 30,
> 2016.”
>
> In addition to concerns about the status of accountability reforms inside
> ICANN, the four chairmen also cited recent violations of ICANN’s own bylaws
> by board members, questions about the application of anti-trust laws, the
> potential for an independent ICANN to move outside the jurisdiction of the
> United States, and unfinished work by the non-partisan Government
> Accountability Office (GAO) in determining the legal authority for the
> federal government to relinquish its current role in IANA functions without
> express authorization from Congress.
>
> “There is a broad range of important questions on both law and policy that
> remain outstanding with respect to the proposed transfer of the IANA
> functions to ICANN and the global multi-stakeholder community. We call on
> you to address the questions and concerns detailed above and to reconsider
> the Administration’s current plans to transition the IANA functions on
> October 1, 2016.”
>
> The IANA functions of the internet include the process for resolving
> domain names and helping to keep the internet running smoothly. ICANN,
> which manages the IANA functions, currently works under contract for the
> National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an
> agency within the Department of Commerce.
>
> The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the House
> Committee on Energy and Commerce exercise principal jurisdiction over the
> Department of Commerce. The Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the House
> Judiciary Committee exercise jurisdiction over the Department of Justice.
>
> *Click here for a copy of the **letter
> <http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwOTA4LjYzNTA1NjYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDkwOC42MzUwNTY2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MzQ0NzI1JmVtYWlsaWQ9c29uaWdpdHUuZWtwZUBncmFkdWF0ZWluc3RpdHV0ZS5jaCZ1c2VyaWQ9c29uaWdpdHUuZWtwZUBncmFkdWF0ZWluc3RpdHV0ZS5jaCZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&101&&&https://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/9b6b37a9-e5a4-4695-931e-73d54b32f768/D453845EFDC860DCC3161346BBCA9C63.20160908-doj-lynch-doc-pritzker-joint-letter-on-iana-transition.pdf>** from
> Thune, Grassley, Upton, and Goodlatte to Lynch and Pritzker.*
>
>
>
>
>
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> "It is a disgrace to be rich and honoured
> in an unjust state" -Confucius
> 邦有道，贫且贱焉，耻也。邦无道，富且贵焉，耻也
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> Dr Sam Lanfranco (Prof Emeritus & Senior Scholar)
> Econ, York U., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - M3J 1P3
> email: [log in to unmask] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> Skype: slanfranco
> blog: http://samlanfranco.blogspot.com
> Phone: +1 613-476-0429 cell: +1 416-816-2852
>
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