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National Telecommunications and Information Administration(NTIA)
An agency of the United States Department of Commerce that is principally responsible for advising the Executive Branch on telecommunications and information policy issues.
When ICANN’s contract with NTIA expired on 1 October 2016, the coordination and management of the Internet’s unique identifiers transitioned to the global multistakeholder community.