On 1 October 2016 the contract between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the United States Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), to perform the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions, officially expired.
The expiration of this contract established the commencement date of the Service Level Agreement (SLA) entered into between ICANN and the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) for the administration of the IANA Numbering Services, signed on 29 June 2016.
"The realization of the IANA stewardship transition is an important milestone in Internet coordination activities, and all members of the global multistakeholder community should be proud of their efforts in making this happen."
To provide ongoing oversight and accountability for the IANA Numbering Services administrator, the Internet Number Community proposal to the IANA Stewardship Coordination Group (ICG) called for the establishment of an IANA Numbering Services Review Committee, whose role is to ensure the Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the IANA Numbering Services is met by the IANA Numbering Services Operator. The committee was required as part of the Internet Number Community's proposal to replace US Government oversight of the IANA functions.
The review committee charter is available on the NRO website.
Three representatives from each Regional Internet Registry (RIR) community will serve on the committee. For ARIN, these roles will be filled by the two community-elected NRO Number Council members and one ARIN staff member who is appointed by the ARIN Board of Trustees will participate on the ARIN community's behalf.
On 14 March 2014 the US government announced a plan transition oversight of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions contract from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to the global multistakeholder community. The current contract expires on 30 September 2015. Historically managed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), IANA functions are part of Internet infrastructure and include responsibility for allocating and maintaining the unique codes and numbering systems used in Internet technical standards.
Based on community discussions, ICANN established an IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) to facilitate the transition process. It consists of 27 individuals representing different 13 communities including the ALAC, ASO, ccNSO, GAC, GNSO, gTLD Registries, ICC/BASIS, IAB, IETF, ISOC, NRO, RSSAC, and SSAC. Public comments on the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) proposal to transition the stewardship of the IANA functions can be viewed on the ICG website. The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) Proposal was completed on 29 October 2015.
The ARIN community discussed the IANA Stewardship Transition planning process via an open public mailing list to develop a proposal to submit to the Number Resource Organization (NRO). Each RIR likewise independently held regional consultations to bring to the NRO. Next, ARIN input was consolidated with input of the other four Regional Internet Registries to form a complete submission on behalf of the Number Resource Organization (NRO) to the ICG on 15 January 2015.
Opened 10/13/14 – ARIN iana-transition@arin.net mailing list to facilitate open community discussion in the region regarding the IANA Stewardship Transition planning process. Everyone is encouraged to subscribe and participate in this dialog. The archive of iana-transition is also available.
The NRO discussed the IANA Stewardship Transition planning process via an open public mailing list to develop a proposal to submit to the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG). Visit the NRO website for background and details about the CRISP Team (including including recordings, minutes and agendas of all the CRISP Team teleconferences and a public archive of the internal CRISP team mailing list) and meet your three ARIN CRISP Team Representatives.
10/16/14 – NRO mail list –The CRISP team will work through this public mailing list. Interested parties are invited to subscribe. Archive of ianaxfer is also available.