SUMMARY: The United States Department of Commerce's National

Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) seeks comments

on the continued transition to the private sector of the technical

coordination and management of the Internet's domain name and

addressing system (DNS). NTIA and the Internet Corporation for Assigned

Names and Numbers (ICANN) signed a Joint Project Agreement (JPA) on

September 29, 2006. It called for a midpoint review of ICANN's progress

towards becoming a more stable organization with greater transparency

and accountability in its procedures and decision making. The

Department of Commerce seeks comment regarding the progress achieved on

the Responsibilities identified in the JPA.

DATES: Comments are due on or before February 15, 2008.