[governance] Re: IANA contract to be opened for competitive bidding on November 4

[Daniel Kalchev]

On Oct 23, 2011, at 11:33 , Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:

> 
> That's much worse:
> 
>> The Contractor shall perform the primary IANA functions of the
>> Contract in the United States and possess and maintain, throughout
>> the performance of this Contract, a physical address within the
>> United States. The Contractor must be able to demonstrate that all
>> primary operations and systems will remain within the Unites States
>> (including the District of Columbia). The Government reserves the
>> right to inspect the premises, systems, and processes of all
>> security and operational components used for the performance of all
>> Contract requirements and obligations.
> 
> So, the future IANA will not even be able to, like ICANN, _pretend_ it
> is a bit internationalized.


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.

What worries me is the reference to District of Columbia… perhaps that wording is required in order for certain US law to apply?

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