Re: [Ianaplan] IANA transition and US government budget

["John Levine" <[e-mail]>]

In article <005c01d1b4c2$2aa53420$7fef9c60$@ch> you write:
>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?

It is not.

There's an anti-transition rider in the current funding bill in the
House for the Commerce Dept, but that is a long way from being
approved.

Marco Rubio is circulating an anti-transition letter in the Senate,
but now that he's not running for president any more, he's just
another first term senator with no seniority, sort of like Ted Cruz
but not as personally unpopular.

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/280354-republicans-continue-attempts-to-delay-internet-domain-handoff

If you're not familar with The Hill (no relation, I expect) it is the
gossip sheet that everyone in DC reads.  It's usually pretty accurate.