Domestic Policy:
Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)

The President's National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace directed the Secretary of Commerce to form a task force to examine the issues implicated by the deployment of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in the United States. As co-chairs of that task force, the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) invited interested parties to comment by March 8, 2004, on a variety of IPv6-related issues.

Public Meeting: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), hosted a half-day public meeting on Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), on July 28, 2004. The meeting provided an opportunity for interested parties to discuss IPv6 deployment issues, including the appropriate government role, if any, in IPv6 deployment. 
- Press Release (January 15, 2004)
- Notice of Inquiry [-- HTML -- PDF --]
- Federal Register Notice of July 28 Public Meeting [-- HTML -- PDF --]
- Public Meeting Agenda & Speakers [-- HTML -- PDF --]
- RTI presentation: IPv6: Background Information and Issues [-- HTML -- PowerPoint --]

Technical and Economic Assessment of Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6): The U. S. Department of Commerce has released the final report on the technical and economic issues related to IPv6 adoption in the United States, including the appropriate role of government, international interoperability, security in transition, and costs and benefits of IPv6 deployment. The report was developed by the IPv6 Task Force, with the involvement of the NTIA and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and with the assistance of consultant RTI International (RTI.)
- IPv6 Final Report [ -- HTML -- Acrobat PDF -- ]
- IPv6 Task Force discussion draft [-- HTML -- Word -- PDF --]