Re: [Ianaplan] IANA transition and US government budget

[Miles Fidelman <[e-mail]>]

On 5/23/16 6:49 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

> On 24/05/2016 09:27, Miles Fidelman wrote:
>> On 5/23/16 4:46 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>>> On 23/05/2016 19:10, Richard Hill wrote:
>>>> According to a blog post that I saw, the US Congress has again stated in the
>>>> approved budget for the Federal Government that NTIA cannot spend any money
>>>> on the IANA transition, and this until August 2017.
>>>>
>>>> 1) Does anybody on this list know if the above is correct?
>>>>
>>>> 2) Does anybody on this list know whether that would prevent the transition
>>>> from taking place in 2016?
>>> Even if it happened, I don't see why the transition needs even one penny
>>> of USG money. If so, what am I missing?
>>>
>>>       Brian
>> 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.
>

I'm pretty sure that "cannot spend any money" includes "can not allocate 
staff time" or "travel related to the transition," "pay outside 
contractors" etc. - at least if one wants to quibble about it.  And 
there does seem to be some quibbling going on.  Kind of depends on the 
exact language of the riders buried in the appropriations bills.


Miles Fidelman

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