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Telecommunications DCITA starts review of .au management | DCITA starts review of .au management |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Tuesday, 24 October 2006 | |
  
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Information gathered by the review process will be used to develop a report for the minister and to refine Government policies on domain name management. The .au domain is presently administered by auDA, as the not-for-profit, Government-endorsed administrator. auDA has authority for the development of policies for the domain and its associated second level domains (2LDs). auDA contracts the technical management of all 2LDs, with the exception of csiro.au, to AusRegistry Pty Ltd. Policy management for gov.au and edu.au are undertaken by the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) and the Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee (AICTEC) respectively. According to the discussion paper, "It is not the intention of this review to focus on individual auDA policies. However, there must be some discussion of the mechanisms and processes adopted by auDA as part of a broader assessment of the effective operations of the .au domain." Following this process, auDA will undertake its own public review of its domain names policies. DCITA says that findings from its review will be made available to auDA," but will not dictate or prejudice auDA's own appropriate policy review." The review will also addresses Recommendation 5.59 of the Taskforce on Reducing the Regulatory Burden on Business (The Banks Taskforce) relating to the operation of the .com.au 2LD. Submissions to this Taskforce raised concerns about the prohibition of trading .au domain names licenses and the requirement that .au domain registrants have an Australian presence. The taskforce did not examine these comments in detail, but identified a prima facie need to do so. Submissions are due by close of business on Tuesday 28 November 2006 and will be made public unless confidentiality is requested. Copies of the discussion paper are available here. {moscomment} |
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