At 12:51 PM 9/27/99 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The former was a draft, and is now buried in oblivion, while the second is
the current (as today, 1999-09-27) statement of policy of the USG.
Roberto:
"UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Management of Internet Names and Addresses
Docket Number: 980212036-8146-02
AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration
ACTION: Statement of Policy
"This general statement of policy ...does not contain
mandatory provisions and does not itself have the force
and effect of law."
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/6_5_98dns.htm
These are the views of the U.S. Dept of Commerce -
one of many agencies of the U.S. Government - and
one which exists within one of three government
branches. One of its functions is to develop such
views as one among several agencies. See Executive
Order No. 12046. It does not have the authority to
self-enact those views for the US Government. Ibid.
--tony
