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<p>I did some search work based on your question. </p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I found out that the Cooperative Agreement between NTIA and VeriSign for VeriSign to perform Root Zone Management Functions would expire on 30th, November, 2018, however, the contract was renewed on 29th, November 2012, not
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">See the following links:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">1. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140324_ntias_intention_to_transfer_iana_functions_to_the_global_community/" id="LPlnk285777" title="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140324_ntias_intention_to_transfer_iana_functions_to_the_global_community/
Ctrl+单击或点击以打开链接">http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140324_ntias_intention_to_transfer_iana_functions_to_the_global_community/</a> 
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<p>2. <a href="https://www.ntia.doc.gov/page/verisign-cooperative-agreement" id="LPlnk603800">https://www.ntia.doc.gov/page/verisign-cooperative-agreement</a>   (See Amendment 32)<br>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It was last year that VeriSign and ICANN released a proposal under NTIA's request to transition the RZM functions in future,which serves as a very important part of the IANA Stewardship Transition.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">3. <a href="https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/root_zone_administrator_proposal-relatedtoiana_functionsste-final.pdf" id="LPlnk870892">https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/root_zone_administrator_proposal-relatedtoiana_functionsste-final.pdf</a></span><br>
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<p>On 8th, April, 2016, ICANN announced that ICANN and VeriSign have started a 90-day Parallel Testing Period of  Root Zone Management System based on the proposal that ICANN and VeriSign released last year.</p>
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<p>See the following links:</p>
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<p>4.  <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-04-08-en" id="LPlnk819062">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-04-08-en</a></p>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hope the above threads of links may be helpful to your research.</span><br>
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<div>If anything wrong,  please do correct me.</div>
<div>Keep me posted.</div>
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<div>Best Regards</div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Peter Gren</span><br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>发件人:</b> Ncuc-discuss <ncuc-discuss-bounces@lists.ncuc.org> 代表 Padmini <pdmnbaruah@gmail.com><br>
<b>发送时间:</b> 2016年4月23日 12:25<br>
<b>收件人:</b> NCUC-discuss<br>
<b>主题:</b> [NCUC-DISCUSS] RZM Contract Renewal</font>
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<div>Can anyone point me to the NTIA notification which announced the renewal of the RZM function contract with Verisign sometime last year? Need it for some research, and haven't been able to locate an official notification.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Padmini Baruah
<div>V Year, B.A.LL.B. (Hons.)</div>
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