NTIA issues draft RFP and outlines two-phase selection process to pick winner by April. The U.S. government will open a Request for Proposal next year to select a registry operator for the .us top level domain. The government currently contracts ... Continue Reading3 Comments
NTIA issues bizarre statement about .com pricing
· Policy & LawNTIA says it can't set prices even though it sets the prices. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued a statement Friday about the continuation of its agreement with Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for running the .com ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Trump win likely seals fate of .com prices
· Policy & LawPrice relief for .com registrants takes a step back with Trump's win. It might seem trivial to talk about Donald Trump's win and its impact on domain names, but this is a blog about domain names, so here we go. Trump's victory likely seals the ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Group outlines possible path to “.Com-petition”
· Policy & LawAmerican Economic Liberties Project says there are ways to pressure Verisign to lower .com prices. Last month, American Economic Liberties Project sent a letter to the U.S. government asking it to halt the renewal of the Cooperative Agreement with ... Continue Reading2 Comments
U.S. Gov considers Whois privacy for .us domain names
· Policy & LawWhois information would still be easy to obtain on a limited basis. Nearly all domain name ownership data has been redacted from public Whois in the wake of privacy regulations such as GDPR. But one top level domain name remains an outlier: ... Continue Reading1 Comment
U.S. Gov says o.com auction is not an issue after all
· Policy & LawThe government appears to back off four months after questioning Verisign's proposed o.com sale. A few months after a National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) official objected to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) auctioning off ... Continue Reading16 Comments
Is the NTIA doing anything with domains?
· Policy & LawIt has been mostly silent since its Assistant Secretary stepped down last year. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is the U.S. government agency that cares about domain names. It manages the contract for .us ... Continue Reading1 Comment
U.S. Gov gives Neustar 10-year extension on .Us domain
· ServicesNeustar wins contract to continue operating .Us through 2029. The U.S. government has extended its contract with Neustar to operate the .Us domain name extension for up to the next ten years, until 2029. National Telecommunications and Information ... Continue Reading5 Comments
David Redl resigns from NTIA
· Policy & LawMan who gave green light to .com price increases is moving on. David Redl has abruptly resigned from his post as Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration ... Continue Reading4 Comments
U.S. Gov pushes Verisign and PIR to help cut Opioid sales
· Policy & LawGovernment wants to cut online opioid sales at the registry level. Remember when the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) amended its contract with Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for running .com and its statement mentioned ... Continue Reading20 Comments
