Nelly Kroes on the IANA Contract RFP

Nelly Kroes, a member of the EU Commission, and its current Vice President, comments on her blog:

• she lauds the multi stakeholder model, the attention to conflicts of interest, and the mention of the public interest;
• she does say "The contract is still not perfect; for example, it’s still restricted to US companies, which is a shame given that the Internet is a resource for the whole world";
• and she concludes "this is a big step forward in ensuring a fairer, global, transparently-governed Internet".