Guess Sept 30th wasn't all that important... Will the gov't also be
granting an extention when Y2K dawns??? ;-\
>From Techweb.
Full story at http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/domnam/TWB19980930S0014
U.S. Domain Name Handoff Delayed
(09/30/98 12:53 p.m. ET)
By John Borland, TechWeb
The U.S. government's handoff of domain name system functions to the
private sector will be delayed for at least a week.
The monopoly granted to Herndon, Va.-based Network Solutions by the
government on the .com, .org, and .net domain name registrations was
slated to end on Oct. 1. Simultaneously, the government was scheduled
to hand off its policy-making responsibilities for the Internet's
address system to a new private-sector organization.
But late Tuesday, Commerce Department officials said they would extend
Network Solutions' contract by another week, to Oct. 7, to finish talks
on how the transition to a competitive market will work.
Meanwhile, the plan for a private corporation that is supposed to take
over responsibility for domain name management is still being discussed.
After months of online discussions, a final plan for creating this body
will be submitted to federal officials on Thursday, but will still
require at least 10 days of public comment before becoming official.
[lots more snipped]
Terri Grodner
Director of Interactive Development
Iovation Interactive, a division of Ovation Design
http://www.iovation.com/ http://www.ovationdesign.com/
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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