Open AccessInternet Governance: Is it finally time to drop the training wheels?
Author(s) -
Narelle Clark
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of telecommunications and the digital economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.202
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2203-1693
DOI - 10.18080/jtde.v3n1.3
Subject(s) - the internet , internet governance , government (linguistics) , corporate governance , stakeholder , process (computing) , core (optical fiber) , business , mode (computer interface) , public relations , engineering , public administration , telecommunications , political science , computer science , finance , world wide web , linguistics , philosophy , operating system
In March 2014 the US Government announced its intent to transition away from the current system of oversight of core Internet functions, and move the obligations of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) over to the international multi-stakeholder community. The current contract is set to expire on 30 September 2015, and thenceforth a new globalised model has the opportunity to come into being.This article describes the current Internet governance model, and the process towards a future mode of operation.