---
id: "iana-stewardship-transition"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "IANA stewardship transition"
language: "en"
category: "Governance and policy"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/iana-stewardship-transition/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/transicion-custodia-iana/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/iana-transition/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/transition-supervision-iana/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/transizione-supervisione-iana/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/transicao-custodia-iana/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/peredacha-koordiniruyushchey-roli-iana/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/iana-guanliquan-yijiao/"
---

# IANA stewardship transition

The handover of oversight of the IANA functions from the United States government to the global internet community. It was completed on 1 October 2016, when the contract between the NTIA and ICANN ended. New accountability rules for ICANN came into force at the same time.

## related terms

- [IANA](https://tldlog.com/glossary/iana/)
- [NTIA](https://tldlog.com/glossary/ntia/)
- [PTI](https://tldlog.com/glossary/pti/)
- [Empowered Community](https://tldlog.com/glossary/empowered-community/)
- [Affirmation of Commitments](https://tldlog.com/glossary/affirmation-of-commitments/)