征求意见的截止日期为2011年3月31日. 也可在3月18前Email给Bill Graham graham@isoc.org。

the Government of the United States released its long-awaited Notice of Inquiry on the IANA functions on Friday last week，后面附了pdf，也可查看http://www.ntia.doc.gov。

It describes the IANA function, and then goes on to ask questions in six areas.  To paraphrase, those are:
1/ Whether the interdependent technical functions performed under the IANA should continue to be treated as interdependent, or if there should be changes to the present grouping?
2/ Recognizing that other Internet technical organizations’ policies (e.g., IETF, IAB, RIRs, ccTLDs) impact on the performance of the IANA functions, should those be referred to and specified in the IANA functions contract and how?
3/ Should there be changes in the handling of root zone management requests requests pertaining to ccTLDs to address the concerns of some governments and ccTLD operators?
4/ Are the current performance metrics and reporting by the IANA functions operator adequate, or should there be changes?
5/ Are there improvements that should be made to the IANA functions contract to better address the needs of users of the IANA functions?  Here the NOI specifically asks if additional information on the performance and administration of the IANA function would make the process more transparent?
6/ Should additional security considerations or enhancements be included in the requirements in the IANA functions contract?
In every case, the NOI requests *specific* information and *specific* suggestions for improvements in the IANA contract.  This may be an area where ISOC can contribute to the process in a very positive way.  I would especially like to hear from you if you are in some direct way a participant or user of the IANA functions, and if you have any specific experience that indicates a need for improvement or alteration of the contract, and if so, what your specific recommendations would be.  That kind of input would improve the depth and credibility of the ISOC response.  Of course, as always, you are welcome to make your own direct comments to the process, but I would still very much appreciate hearing about your experiences and views.

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