Redl suggests cooling off period between ICANN employment and working for domain companies. David Redl, who heads the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration, took an apparent jab at the outgoing President of ICANN's Global ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Will Trump Administration give the green light to higher “tax-like” fees on domains?
· UncategorizedWith the Cooperative Agreement expiring next month, U.S. businesses could face higher tax-like fees on .com domains. The price consumers pay for .com domain names have been kept in check by an obscure agreement between the U.S. Department of ... Continue Reading1 Comment
NTIA provides first semiannual report to Congress about ICANN
· Policy & LawReport explains what NTIA is doing about GDPR/Whois. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has submitted its first report (pdf) to Congress about adopted ICANN policies. Congress required NTIA to start providing a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
How much would .Com domains cost if .com went out to bid?
· ServicesConsumers pay over a half billion dollars more than necessary each year to register .com domains. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) is currently in negotiations with the U.S. Department of Commerce with regards to the Cooperative Agreement to run the .com domain ... Continue Reading11 Comments
NTIA head: No Whois is “unmitigated victory for the spammers and scammers”
· Policy & LawRedl says U.S. government continues to fight for access to Whois information. This morning at the Internet Governance Forum in Washington, D.C., NTIA Assistant Secretary David Redl spoke about the impact of the EU's GDPR on Whois. He said the lack ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Groups tell U.S. Gov what its internet priorities should be
· Policy & LawCompanies weigh in on IANA transition, Whois access and more. Last month, the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) asked stakeholders to comment on the government's internet policy priorities for 2018 and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
VeriSign’s domain base grew by 1.91 million names last quarter
· Policy & LawHistorically strong Q1 delivers for Verisign. VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) reported first quarter 2018 earnings after the bell yesterday. The base of .com and .net domain names grew by 1.91 million during the quarter and 9.6 million new .com and .net ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
U.S. government asks ICANN to investigate GoDaddy’s Whois policy
· Policy & LawU.S. gov weighs in on GoDaddy's Whois policy. The U.S. government has sent a letter to ICANN asking it to review GoDaddy's (NYSE: GDDY) activities around blocking access to Whois records. David Redl, who heads the National Telecommunications and ... Continue Reading4 Comments
U.S. Gov: Whois info must remain available
· Policy & LawNew NTIA chief pushes back on effort to scale back Whois information. David Redl, the new head of the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration, told an audience at State of the Net 2018 today that Whois data must remain ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Trump’s nominee for NTIA administrator is still on hold
· Policy & LawDemocrat Brian Schatz places hold over concerns about deal struck with Republican Ted Cruz. It has been nine months since Donald Trump took office but the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) still does not have an ... Continue Reading2 Comments