{"583340":{"#nid":"583340","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Internet Transition Can\u0027t Be Reversed, NTIA Chief Says","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAn event hosted by the Internet Governance Project (IGP) at the School of Public Policy was referenced in \u0026ldquo;Internet Transition Can\u0026#39;t Be Reversed, NTIA Chief Says\u0026rdquo; by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EBloomberg BNA\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe recently completed transition of internet technical function oversight can\u0026rsquo;t be reversed, Assistant Commerce Secretary Lawrence E. Strickling said Oct. 26.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;That contract is expired and can\u0026rsquo;t be brought back in this point of time,\u0026rdquo; Strickling, chief of the National Telecommunications \u0026amp; Information Administration, said at an internet governance event hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStrickling\u0026#39;s remarks signalled that transition opponents can\u0026#39;t roll back the move.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. Commerce Department allowed its oversight contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the non-profit that coordinates the domain name system, to expire Oct. 1, under a plan that the global internet community spent two years developing. In September, GOP lawmakers attempted to insert language in a stopgap government funding bill to block the transition. Four state attorney generals filed a last-minute lawsuit, which they later dropped after a federal judge refused to halt the transition.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bna.com\/internet-transition-cant-n57982079227\/?utm_campaign=LEGAL_NWSLTR_Telecom+Update_102816\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_source=Eloqua\u0026amp;elqTrackId=ac1f000a0a134ed981f30d5903b3cb71\u0026amp;elq=978d7a57dc204db39d43edadab64efad\u0026amp;elqaid=6815\u0026amp;elqat=1\u0026amp;elqCampaignId=4041\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2016-10-31 18:57:45","changed_gmt":"2016-10-31 18:57:45","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"UN global goals","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.bna.com\/internet-transition-cant-n57982079227\/?utm_campaign=LEGAL_NWSLTR_Telecom+Update_102816\u0026utm_medium=email\u0026utm_source=Eloqua\u0026elqTrackId=ac1f000a0a134ed981f30d5903b3cb71\u0026elq=978d7a57dc204db39d43edadab64efad\u0026elqaid=6815\u0026elqat=1\u0026elqCampaignId=4041","dateline":{"date":"2016-10-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-10-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"459611":{"id":"459611","type":"image","title":"Internet Governance Project","body":null,"created":"1449256361","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:12:41","changed":"1475895204","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:24","alt":"Internet Governance Project","file":{"fid":"203573","name":"internet_governance_project_large.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/internet_governance_project_large.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/internet_governance_project_large.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":106477,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/internet_governance_project_large.jpg?itok=bZhOZZWE"}}},"media_ids":["459611"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}