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U.S. Gov gives Neustar 10-year extension on .Us domain

Neustar wins contract to continue operating .Us through 2029. The U.S. government has extended its contract with Neustar to operate the .Us domain name extension for the next ten years, until 2029. National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced today that the contract was awarded on June 28. The government does not pay Neustar to run […]

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July 17, 2019 Andrew Allemann .US, NTIA, topstory

David Redl resigns from NTIA

Man who gave green light to .com price increases is moving on. David Redl has abruptly resigned from his post as Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). He served just 18 months in the position. During that time he negotiated a revised agreement with Verisign over the […]

May 9, 2019 Andrew Allemann david redl, NTIA, Policy & Law

U.S. Gov pushes Verisign and PIR to help cut Opioid sales

Government wants to cut online opioid sales at the registry level. Remember when the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) amended its contract with Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for running .com and its statement mentioned content? Amendment 35 confirms that Verisign will operate the .com registry in a content neutral manner with a commitment to […]

April 3, 2019 Andrew Allemann NTIA, Opioid, Policy & Law

Year in Review: Verisign gets its price hikes

The U.S. Government gave the green light to increase prices on .com domain names. It’s an obscure contract issued by the U.S. government. For the domain industry, it means a lot. On November 1, The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) amended and extended its Cooperative Agreement with Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for running .com. […]

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January 2, 2019 Andrew Allemann cooperative agreement, NASDAQ:VRSN, NTIA, Policy & Law

ICANN urged to reject .com price increases

The Internet Commerce Association has asked ICANN to refuse to allow Verisign to raise its wholesale prices for .com domain names. The domainer trade group wrote to ICANN last week to point out that just because the Trump administration has dropped the...

November 21, 2018 Kevin Murphy Domain Registries, NTIA

A coming push for Trusted Notifier programs in .com

U.S. Government would like Trusted Notifier programs for .Com. Last week, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released a statement when it renewed its Cooperative Agreement with Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN). Here’s the second paragraph of the brief statement: Amendment 35 confirms that Verisign will operate the .com registry in a content neutral manner with […]

November 7, 2018 Andrew Allemann NTIA, Policy & Law, trusted notifier

Will ICANN take a bigger slice of the .com pie, or will .domainers get URS?

Will ICANN try to get its paws on some of Verisign’s .com windfall? Or might domainers get a second slap in the face by seeing URS imposed in .com? With Verisign set to receive hundreds of millions of extra dollars due to the imminent lifting of ...

November 5, 2018 Kevin Murphy Domain Registries, NTIA, URS

Trump gives Verisign almost $1 billion in free money

The Trump administration may have just handed Verisign close to $1 billion in free money. That’s according to the back of the envelope I’m looking at right now, following the announcement that the National Telecommunications and Information...

November 5, 2018 Kevin Murphy cooperative agreement, Domain Registries, NTIA

Verisign stock skyrockets on new contract terms

Stock up 18% after U.S. government grants pricing windfall. Shares in Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) are trading sharply higher today after the company signed a new agreement with the U.S. Government for .Com. That Verisign would continue to run .com was never in doubt, but the Department of Commerce also agreed to let Verisign increase the […]

November 2, 2018 Andrew Allemann NTIA, Policy & Law, VRSN

US not happy with Donuts hiring Atallah

The US government appears to have reservations about Donuts’ recent hiring of ICANN bigwig Akram Atallah as its new CEO. Speaking at a session of ICANN 63 here in Barcelona today, National Telecommunications and Information Administration head Da...

October 22, 2018 Kevin Murphy Domain Policy, icann 63, NTIA

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