Re: [Ianaplan] IANA transition and US government budget

[Narelle <[e-mail]>]

When a government contract is terminated, even at its natural conclusion,
activities are involved in aquitting the contract. There will be all sorts
of validation requirements just to make sure you got the service over the
contracted period. It all depends on the contract and the environment
within which it operates.

Of course YMMV. Different Federalisms - different processes but you can bet
that since there is bureaucracy there will be requisite process.


Narelle

On Tue, 24 May 2016 10:43 John Levine <[e-mail]> wrote:

> >> 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.
>