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

[Louis Pouzin (well)]

What international agreement allows the USG to make unilateral decisions on
the management of a common good ?

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 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.
>
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>
> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 17:03, Daniel Kalchev <daniel at digsys.bg> wrote:
>


>  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?
>
> Daniel
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