Re: [Ianaplan] IANA transition and US government budget

"John Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Tue, 24 May 2016 00:43 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Ianaplan] IANA transition and US government budget
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>> NTIA has to review and approve the transition, otherwise IANA continues to operate under contract to the USG or things go into a
>> really strange limbo.
>
>I'm quite sure that a review can be performed without needing a line in the budget.

The proposed amendments forbid NTIA to spend any money at all on the
transition.

US government agencies take this kind of stuff very seriously; when
the government shuts down while the Congreess is playing budget
brinkmanship they have to be very careful not to do anything that
might be considered work.