What international agreement allows the USG to make unilateral decisions on the management of a common good ?<br><br>- - -<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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On Oct 23, 2011, at 11:33 , Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:<br>
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> That's much worse:<br>
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>> The Contractor shall perform the primary IANA functions of the<br>
>> Contract in the United States and possess and maintain, throughout<br>
>> the performance of this Contract, a physical address within the<br>
>> United States. The Contractor must be able to demonstrate that all<br>
>> primary operations and systems will remain within the Unites States<br>
>> (including the District of Columbia). The Government reserves the<br>
>> right to inspect the premises, systems, and processes of all<br>
>> security and operational components used for the performance of all<br>
>> Contract requirements and obligations.<br>
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> So, the future IANA will not even be able to, like ICANN, _pretend_ it<br>
> is a bit internationalized.<br></div></blockquote><div>- - - <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">
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On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 17:03, Daniel Kalchev <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daniel@digsys.bg">daniel@digsys.bg</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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</div>It does not need to pretend such things. After all this is a contract the USG will sign with whomever they chose and I guess by going trough their "standard" procurement procedures, they simply have no other choice.<br>
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What worries me is the reference to District of Columbia… perhaps that wording is required in order for certain US law to apply?<br>
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