Cooperative Agreement - National Science Foundation and Network Solutions Inc.
NSF Cooperative Agreement
No. NCR-9218742
Network Information Services Manager(s) for
NSFNET and the NREN:
INTERNIC Registration Services
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NO. NCR-9218742
Parties:
National Science Foundation
1800 G Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20550
and
Network Solutions, Incorporated
505 Huntmar Park Drive
Herndon, VA 20170
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NO. NCR-9218742
Parties:
National Science Foundation
and
Network Solutions, Incorporated
Title:
Network Information Services Manager(s) for NSFNET and the NREN: INTERNIC
Registration Services
Type of Award:
Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee Cooperative Agreement
Estimated Total Amount:
$4,219,339
Effective Date:
January 1, 1993
Expiration Date:
September 30, 1998
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Authority:
This agreement is awarded under the authority of the National Science
Foundation Act (R@ U.S.C. 186 et seq.) and the Federal Grant and Cooperative
Agreement Act (31 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.)
This agreement is entered into between the United States of America,
Hereinafter called the Government, represented by the National Science
Foundation, hereinafter called the Foundation or NSF, and Network Solutions,
Incorporated, hereinafter called the A wardee.
NSF Program Official:
Donald R. Mitchell
Telephone : 202-357-9717
e-mail: dmitchelf@nsf.gov
NSF Administrative Official:
Altie H. Metcalf
Telephone: 202-357-9843
e-mail: ametcalf@nsf.gov
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed Cooperative Agreement No.
NCR-9218742, Network Information Services Manager(s) for NSFNET and the NREN:
INTERNIC Registration Services.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACCEPTANCE
Aaron R. Asrael Roger L.Evans
Grants and Contracts Chief Financial Officer
(Date) (Date)
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Network Solutions, Incorporated
Washington, D.C. 20550 Herndon, VA 22070
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INDEX TO COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NCR-9218742
I. SPECIAL CONDITIONS
ARTICLE -1. Background and Purpose of Agreement -2. Special Requirements -3.
Statement of Work -4. Turnaround and Performance Measures -5. Estimated
Requirements and Review -6. Responsibilities -7. Period of Performance -8.
Funding -9. Annual Report, Program Plan, and Budget -10. Other Reporting
Requirements -11. Directed Activities -12. Key Personnel -13. Order of
Precedence -14. Publicity, Public Information and Publications -15. Project
Income from Registration Fees
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II. GENERAL CONDITIONS
Grant General Conditions - GC-1 (10/91)
Cooperative Agreement General Conditions - CA-1 (12/91)
ARTICLE 1. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF AGREEMENT
During the past two decades computer networks have facilitated collaboration
among members of many research and education communities and provided them
with remote access to information and computing resources. These networks have
continued to grow both in the number of users connected and in the
capabilities provided to the individual users. It is anticipated that such
networks will become essential to research and education during this decade.
In particular, the collection of interconnected networks known as the Internet
has become important for many research communities. It is also of increasing
importance for education.
Today more than 5,000 networks comprise the Internet. These networks link
together hundreds of thousands of computers and millions of users throughout
the world. The domestic, non-military portion of the Internet includes NSFNET.
It also includes other federally sponsored networks such as NASA Science
Internet (NSI) and Energy Sciences Network (Esnet). NSFNET, NSI, and Esnet, as
well as some other networks of the Internet, are related to the National
Research and Education Network (NREN) which was defined in the President's
Fiscal 1992 budget and which has been authorized by the passage in December,
1991, of the High Performance Computing and Communications Act, Public Law
102-194.
The NREN is projected to evolve from a part of the Internet containing
portions of NSFNET, NSI, and Esnet. This evolution will reflect the legal and
technical requirements of the various sponsoring agencies. For example, NASA
and DOE are mission agencies whose networksi traffic must relate to the
agenciesi missions. NSF, on the other hand, is chartered to support science
and engineering research and education; hence NSFNET can carry all traffic
contemplated for the NREN and may in fact support additional traffic as well.
Because of the breadth of the charter of the NSFNET, it is projected that it
will continue to serve an expanding base of research and education users. The
provision of enhanced network information services for NSFNET will be an
important part of the expansion in user base.
In cooperation with the Internet community, the National Science Foundation
developed and released, in the spring of 1992, Project Solicitation NSF92-24
for one or more Network Information Services Managers (NIS Manager(s)) to
provide and/or coordinate (i) Registration Services, (ii) Director and
Database Services, and (iii) Information Services for the NSFNET. As a result
of this solicitation, three separate organizations were selected to receive
cooperative agreements in the areas of (i) Registration Services, (ii)
Directory and Database Services, and (iii) Information Services. Together,
these three awards constitute the NIS Manager(s) Project.
It is essential that the three project participants selected work closely
together to provide a seamless interface for users in need of services. For
this reason, the three awardees, at the request of the Foundation, have
developed a detailed concept and plan to provide this seamless interface
called the "INTERNIC," have revised their proposals to reflect the
implementation of the "INTERNIC" concept, and have agreed to the structuring
of their three (separate) awards as one collaborative project. This
Cooperative Agreement for Registration Services is one of the three (3)
collaborative awards resulting from the NIC Manager(s) Project solicitation.
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It is anticipated that all registration services required during the period of
this Agreement will be obtained and furnished under the terms of this
Agreement and that the definition and providing of these services will help
facilitate the evolution of the NSFNET and the development of the NREN.
References to NSFNET in this Agreement should in general be understood to
include the NREN as well.
ARTICLE 2. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
A. Collaborative Proposals and Effort(s)
1. An important aspect of the Awardee's work is coordination with the Network
Information Services Managers for (i) Database and Directory Services (AT&T
under Cooperative Agreement NCR-9218179) and (ii) Information Services
(General Atomics under Coop erative Agreement NCR-9218749) to provide a
"seamless interface" for internet users in accordance with the "INTERNIC"
concept explicated in the Awardee's revised proposal dated October 19, 1992.
Hereafter in this agreement, Awardee's two collaborating pa rtners, General
Atomics and AT&T, shall be referred to as Collaborators and Awardee shall
coordinate its performance hereunder with the efforts of its Collaborators in
accordance with the "INTERNIC" concept explicated in the Awardee's revised
proposal dat ed October 19,1992. The NSF Program Official reserves the
authority to resolve technical, managerial, or scheduling disputes.
2. This requirement for close collaboration and coordination among the three
aspects of the Network Information Services Management Project shall be stated
in each of the three awards. Such collateral agreements and fund transfers
consistent with the cu rrently approved Program Plan (see Article9) as may be
necessary to effect the coordination, collaboration and seamless interface to
users called for by the "INTERNIC" concept or improve the overall integration
of the NIS Manager(s) Project may be entered into by, between and among the
Awardee and its Collaborators without further Foundation approvals. Absent a
specific inclusion in the approved Program Plan, Awardee fund transfers made
pursuant to this Article may not exceed $50,000 in any Program Year.
B. Directed Activities
At the request of the NSF Program Director, as set forth in article 13
(below), the Awardee shall attend such meetings, seminars, conference and
planning and other events and shall provide such related supplies and services
as necessary to promulgate info rmation regarding registration activity to the
worldwide internet community and to facilitate the most effective, efficient
and ubiquitous registration services possible.
ARTICLE 3. STATEMENT OF WORK
A. The Awardee shall provide to non-military internet users and networks all
necessary registration services (which were) previously provided by the
Defense Information Systems Agency Network Information Center(the DISA NIC).
B. The work will be performed in general accordance with NSF Project
Solicitation NSF 92-24 for Network Information Services Manager(s) for the
NSFNET and the NREN, the Awardee's proposal No. NCR-9218742, dated September
23,1992, amended by Awardee's sup plemental proposal addressing collaborative
INTERNIC activity, dated October 19, 1992, hereinafter referred to
cumulatively as Awardee's Proposal, and in conformance with the technical
and/or performance requirements contained therein and set forth below.
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C. The Awardee shall provide registration services in accordance with the
provisions of RFC 1174. As stated in RFC 1174:
[T]he Internet system has employed a central Internal Assigned Numbers
Authority (IANA) for the allocation and assignment of various numeric
identifiers needed for the operation of the Internet. The IANA function is
currently performed by the Universit y of Southern California's Information
Sciences Institute. The IANA has the discretionary authority to delegate
portions of this responsibility and, with respect to numeric network and
autonomous system identifiers, has lodged this responsibility with an Internet
Registry (IR).
D. Moreover, in cooperation with the IANA, the IR may create delegate
registries to carry out registration services for specified domains.
E. The Awardee shall work with the DISA NIC to design and implement a
transition plan, as outlined in Awardee's Proposal, that will minimize
inconvenience to the networking community during and after the transition.
F. The Non-military internet registration services to be provided under this
agreement will initially include, but not be limited to, the following:
1. Domain name registration
2. Domain name server registration
3. Network number assignment
4. Autonomous system number assignment
G. Possible future changes in the registration services provided under this
Agreement may include, but shall not be limited to, the use of alternate
registration/numbering systems or schemes and the imposition of a user based
fee structure. However, in no case shall any user based fee structure be
imposed or changed without the express direction/approval of the NSF Program
Official.
ARTICLE 4. TURNAROUND AND PERFORMANACE MEASURES
A. The following describes the required turnaround and availability of
Registration data:
1. 3 working days/Class C
2. 5 working days/Class B
3. 22 working days/Class A
B. Turnaround is the time from receipt of a completed template, and any
information pertaining to network topology and usage of previously assigned
address space as may be specifically requested in individual cases, to the
assignment of a number. Availa bility is the provision of the registration
data to the INTERNIC Database and Directory Services Awardee.
C. The quality of Awardee's registration services will be measured in
accordance with the formulae contained in Section J of Awardee's revised
proposal of September 23, 1992 and in light of the turnaround times specified
above.
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ARTICLE 5. ESTIMATED REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW
A. Estimated Requirements
The registration services currently required for the performance of this
Cooperative Agreement are described above. The registration services described
above are only an estimate of the immediate and long-term requirements of the
scientific research an d education community and are furnished for planning
purposes only. Since the future needs of the scientific research and education
community are unknown at this time, the Foundation reserves the right to
increase, decrease or modify the quantity, qualit y, content or nature of the
registration services to be provided hereunder. Should the Foundation exercise
the right to increase, decrease or modify the quantity, quality, content or
nature of the registration services provided hereunder, appropriate cha nge to
estimated costs, fees, and funding schedules for shall be negotiated and
incorporated into the Agreement.
B. Performance Review
By December 31, 1994, the Foundation will review the project to determine
whether to continue funding and to provide general direction as to the
continuation and contemplated level of future support to be provided for the
remainder of the agreement.
ARTICLE 6. RESPONSIBILITIES
A. Awardee
The Awardee has primary responsibility for ensuring the quality, timeliness
and effective management of the registration services provided under this
agreement. To the extent that NSF does not reserve specific responsibility for
accomplishing the purpo ses of this Agreement, by either special condition or
general condition of the Agreement, all such responsibilities remain with the
Awardee.
B. National Science Foundation
1. General
NSF has responsibility for registration services support, support planning,
oversight, monitoring, and evaluation. NSF will make approvals required under
the General Conditions and, where necessary and appropriate, NSF will contact
and negotiate with Federal agencies and other national and International
members of the Internet community to further the efforts of this project.
2. Technical
a. Program Officer Authority
Performance of work under this Cooperative Agreement shall be subject to the
general oversight and monitoring of the NSF Program Officer. This involvement
may include, but is not limited to:
(1) Review of the Quarterly and Annual Reports, Program Plans and Budget.
(2) Participation in resolution of technical, managerial and scheduling
concerns; review and, where required by the Agreement, approval of technical
reports and information to be delivered by Awardee.
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b. Limitations
NSF technical involvement will be consistent with the general statement of
work as stated in this Agreement. The Program Officer does not have the
authority to and may not:
(1) request additional work outside the Statement of Work;
(2) issue instructions which constitute a change as defined in Article 8 of
GC-1(10/91);
(3) require an increase in the Agreement's estimated cost or extension to the
Agreement's period of performance, or;
(4) change any of the expressed terms, conditions or specifications of the
Agreement.
c. Awardee Notifications
If, in the opinion of the Awardee, any instructions or requests issued by the
Program Officer are within one of the categories as defined in (1) through (4)
in the above paragraph, the Awardee shall not proceed but shall notify the NSF
Grants and Contr acts Officer and shall request, if appropriate, amendment of
the Agreement in accordance with Article 37, "Changes -- Limitations of
Funds," of the Attached Cooperative Agreement General Conditions.
3. Approvals
Unless stated otherwise, all NSF approvals, authorizations, notifications and
instructions required pursuant to the terms of this agreement must be set
forth in writing by the NSF Grants and Contracts Officer.
ARTICLE 7. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE
This Agreement, effective January 1, 1993, shall include a three month
phase-in period, a five (5) year period of operational support (commencing
April 1, 1993), and a six month (no additional cost) flexibility period and
shall continue through September 30, 1998.
ARTICLE 8. FUNDING
A. Agreement Amount
The current total estimated amount of this Cooperative Agreement, exclusive of
such amounts as may be provided in connection with Directed Activities
provided pursuant to Article 11 (below) is $5,219,339 of which
[Proprietary Figures Omitted]
B. Allotted Amount(s)
1. There is currently allotted and available for expenditure for provision of
registration services under this agreement, exclusive of amounts allotted for
Directed Activities(as shown in paragraph 3, below), $1,162,245, of which
[Proprietary Figures Omitted]
2. Amounts anticipated to be needed for reimbursement of costs incurred in
connection with Directed Activities as provided pursuant to Article 11 (below)
are not included in the allotted amount(s) shown in
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paragraph 8.C, below. Amounts for directed act ivities may be allotted from
time to time throughout the period of this agreement.
3. There is currently allotted and available for expenditure in connection
with reimbursement for directed activities under this agreement $0.
C. Obligation
For purposes of payment of the Foundation's portion of all allowable costs
(including those incurred in connection with the performance of Directed
Activities in accordance with Article 11 below) pursuant to the terms outlined
in this Agreement, the tot al amount currently allotted by the Government to
this Cooperative Agreement is $1,162,245. This allotment covers performance
through March 31, 1994.
D. Limitation of Funds
1. The parties estimate that performance of this Cooperative Agreement will
not cost the Government more than the estimated amount specified in Article
8.A, Agreement Amount, above. The Awardee shall use its best efforts to
perform the work specified in Article 3 and all obligations under this award
within the allotted funds.
2. Paragraph C of this Article specifies the cumulative amount presently
available for payment by the Government and allotted to this award. The
parties contemplate that the Government will allot additional funds
incrementally to the award up to the fu ll estimate specified in Article 8.A,
Agreement Amount, above.
3. The Awardee shall notify the NSF Grants and Contracts Officer in writing
whenever it has reason to believe that the costs it expects to incur under
this Agreement in the next 60 days, when added to all costs previously
incurred, will exceed 85% of th e total amount so far allotted to the
Agreement by the Government.
4. When and to the extent that the amount allotted by the Government is
increased, any costs the Awardee incurs before the increase that are in excess
of the amount previously allotted by the Government, shall be allowable to the
same extent as if incur red afterward.
E. Compensation and Expenditures
1. As compensation for its performance under this agreement, Awardee shall be
compensated for its direct and indirect costs (see Article 8.E.3) and shall be
paid a fixed fee as provided in this agreement.
2. The Awardee shall also be reimbursed for such travel and related costs as
may be specifically required and approved by the NSF Program Director pursuant
to Article 11 (below). Expenditures under this agreement must be in accordance
with a current Bud get or Program Plan which as been approved by the NSF
Grants Officer and no reallocation of funds in excess of $10,000 between
budget line items is permitted without prior written (or e-mail) approval of
the NSF Program Official.
3. The amount currently allotted includes an indirect cost allowance at the
following maximum provisional rates, subject to downward adjustment only:
Internet Services [Proprietary Figure Omitted]
Material Burden [Proprietary Figure Omitted]
G&A [Proprietary Figure Omitted]
F. Future Allotments
The actual level of continued NSF support for future years will be negotiated
annually with the Awardee and will depend upon annual review of progress, the
proposed Program Plan and the availability of funds. The actual funding of
such allotments may b e provided unilaterally by NSF on an incremental basis.
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ARTICLE 9. ANNUAL REPORT, PROGRAM PLAN AND BUDGET
By December 31 each year, the Awardee shall submit both electronically and in
10 hard copies an Annual Report, Program Plan and Budget to the Foundation for
approval. These Program Plans and Budgets shall be submitted in a format and
level of detail approved by the Foundation but shall, as a minimum, contain
project goals and objectives specified with sufficient technical criteria,
milestones, and timetables to measure the progress of the effort toward the
attainment of objectives during the time period for which it is being
submitted. This Program Plan will be the basis for the performance goals and
funding for succeeding twelve month operational period beginning April 1. Each
submission should contain narrative information indicating (for the past
year's activities) by functional area and overall; any goals accomplished,
exceeded, or missed and explaining any significant deviations from the
previous year's plan; any educational achievements; patents, copyrights, or
other innovations resulting from the activities; industrial and other funding,
income and contributions. Each annual submission should also contain
information on actual line charges and expenditures (both annual and
cumulative) by functional area and overall, in the same level of detail for
which it projects the succeeding year's costs, and a summary budget in
accordance with NSF Form 1030. The Awardee will receive formal approval of the
Program Plan from the NSF Grants Officer. The Foundation accepts (i) the
Awardee's proposal as the Program Plan covering the period April 1, 1993,
through May 31, 1994; and (ii) the budgets dated October 19, 1992, as the
approved budgets for the period January 1, 1993, through May 31, 1994.
ARTICLE 10. OTHER REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
A. Timely Notification of Significant Problems
The Awardee shall inform the NSF Program Official (either by e-mail or in
writing) in a timely manner of any significant problems or events that could
affect the overall schedule or progress in the program.
B. Verbal Reports, Collaboration Briefings and Liaison
1. The Awardee shall meet on an informal basis, as necessary or requested,
with the NSF Program Director to review progress to date and to exchange
views, ideas, and information concerning the program. During the initial three
(3) month phase in period, and thereafter until notified by the NSF Program
Director, a weekly status review meeting shall be held to discuss the progress
of the transition/phase in, including any problems or delays encountered and
changes occasioned by same. (Such weekly status review meetings may be held by
telephone and the substance thereof confirmed via e-mail when agreed.
2. The Awardee and Collaborators shall jointly meet, as requested, with the
NSF Program Director to detail the progress and discuss the status of the
collaboration effort and any difficulties being encountered in providing to
the Internet community the seamless interface service envisioned by their
collaborative proposal and called for in Article 2 in (above). It is currently
contemplated that, at least during the first twelve (12) months of the award,
such meetings shall be held quarterly at either NSF, the Awardee's or
Collaborator's facilities.
3. When requested by the NSF Program Director, Awardee shall arrange to have
its subawardees in attendance at meetings which deal with their areas of
activity. In addition, at the request of the NSF Program Director, the Awardee
shall arrange on-site meetings for the Program Officer, other Federal staff
and/or representatives of the world-wide Internet community and the Awardee's
professional personnel, and/or those of its subawardees.
C. Monthly Letter Progress Reports
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Monthly letter progress reports may be submitted electronically to the NSF
Program Official and NSF Administrative Official at the address shown on the
cover page. These (monthly letter progress) reports shall be submitted in such
detail and format as required by the Foundation's Program Director and shall
contain statistical and narrative information on the performance of the
Awardee during the preceding month.
D. Quarterly Status Report
1. Awardee shall prepare and furnish electronically and in four hard (4)
copies quarterly letter status reports; the first quarterly status report will
be for the period from January 1,1993, through March 31, 1993. These reports
shall show the status of all major events and summaries and major work
performed during the quarter, including technical status, accomplishments,
problems, collaboration activities, changes in future plans, and any pending
requests for NSF approval and should be fully reconciled with the information,
goals and projections contained in the Annual Report and Program Plan. The
report shall also include a summary of award expenditures and line charges
both cumulative and for the current quarter.
2. The report shall be prepared on a quarterly basis and shall be submitted
within (30) days after the reporting period ends. No quarterly report need be
submitted for the quarter in which the Annual Reports are submitted, but,
Awardee must insure that any germane information for the quarter not contained
in the Annual Report (i.e., list of pending requests for NSF approval) and
submitted by separate letter.
E. Final Report
The Awardee shall submit electronically and in ten hard (10) copies a final
report to NSF at the conclusion of the Cooperative Agreement. The final report
shall contain a description of all work performed and problems encountered
(and if requested a copy and documentation of any and all software and data
generated) in such form and sufficient detail as to permit replication of the
work by a reasonably knowledgeable party or organization.
F. Submission of Reports
All reports and Program Plans are to be forwarded to the Foundation
electronically. Hard copies of reports are indicated to be forwarded in the
specified number of copies to the following destinations:
No. of Copies Addressee
1 National Science Foundation e-mail: awilson@nsf.gov
ATTN: Alfred W. Wilson
Division of Grants and Agreements, Room 495
Arlington, VA 22230 [Amend 01]
Remainder National Science Foundation e-mail: dmitchel@nsf.gov
ATTN: Donald Mitchell
Division of Networking and Communications
Research and Infrastructure, Room 1175
Arlington, VA 22230 [Amend 01]
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ARTICLE 11. DIRECTED ACTIVITIES
From time to time the NSF Program Director may require the Awardee to attend
such meetings, seminars, conferences and planning and other events and/or to
provide related supplies and services as necessary to disseminate information
regarding registration services activity to the worldwide Internet community
and/or to facilitate the most effective, efficient and ubiquitous registration
services possible on an expedited basis. In such a case, the following
procedures will be followed;
A. The NSF Program Director shall request, by e-mail, the Awardee's attendance
or special services required and an estimate by the Awardee of any
reimbursable costs involved;
B. Awardee shall submit to the NSF Program director, by e-mail, its estimate
of any such reimbursable costs involved; and
C. the NSF Program Director shall forward to the Awardee a letter directive
requesting that the travel be performed and/or the special services be
provided and specifying the maximum amount that Awardee will be reimbursed for
its efforts pursuant to the letter directive.
D. Pursuant to such a letter directive, Awardee may incur costs against the
"Directed Activities" amounts included in the approved budget provided (i)
that the costs so incurred do not exceed the maximum amount specified in the
letter directive and (ii) provided also that the awardee may not incur costs
under a letter directive if such costs, when combined with costs incurred
under other letter directives will exceed the amount allotted for directed
activities as set forth in Article 8.B.2 (above).
ARTICLE 12. KEY PERSONNEL
A. The following individuals are considered key personnel and essential to the
work:
Alan S. Williamson
John Zabluski
B. Any changes in the individual (s) or significant changes in their proposed
level of effort as set forth in the approved Program Plan for any period
requires the prior written approval of the NSF Grants and Contracts Officer.
ARTICLE 13. ORDER OF PRECEDENCE
Any inconsistency in this Cooperative Agreement shall be resolved by giving
precedence in the following order (a) the Special Provisions; and (b) Grant
General Conditions (5/94) and Cooperative Agreement General Conditions (5/94).
[Amend 01]
ARTICLE 14 PUBLICITY, PUBLIC INFORMATION, AND PUBLICATIONS
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A. All news releases, public information brochures, publications and other
similar items (not limited to printed media, and including video, etc.,
prepared by Awardee, subawardees, and/or their employees or contractors which
describe activities or results under this Registration Services Agreement
shall:
1. acknowledge the sponsorship of NSF:
2. be sent to NSF in reasonable quantities for project and related NSF
distribution before being distributed or shown to the public; and
3. in the case of news releases or public information, be coordinated with and
have the approval of the NSF Program Official before release.
B. An acknowledgment of NSF support must appear in any publication of any
material, whether copyrighted or not, based upon or developed under this
project, in substantially the following terms:
The material is based on work sponsored by the National Science Foundation
under Cooperative Agreement No. NCR-9218742. The Government has certain rights
in this material.
C. All writings such as reports, books, journal articles, software, data
bases, sound recordings, video tapes and video discs, except scientific
articles or papers published in scientific, technical or professional
journals, must also contain the following disclaimer:
Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this
publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the
views of the National Science Foundation.
ARTICLE 15. PROJECT INCOME FROM REGISTRATION FEES
A. If, and to the extent that Awardee is authorized and/or directed to charge
and collect user fees for the Registration Services provided hereunder, any
user fees so collected shall be placed in an interest bearing account, and
shall be used to defray the Awardee's and the Foundation's Project expenses in
the following descending order of priority:
1. Project expenses incurred by Awardee as a result of the imposition of such
fees.
2. Project expenses of the Awardee charged to the Foundation under this award.
(Program Plans and future year funding requests should reflect any such
Income.
3. Project expenses of Awardee's Collaborators charged to the Foundation under
their respective Awards. (Program Plans and future year funding requests
should reflect any such inform and project fund transfers.
4. The provisions of this Article shall apply only to any Project Income which
is generated from the imposition of user based fees on registration services.
Article 19, Project Income, of the General Conditions shall apply to project
related revenue from any other source [Amend 01].
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NSF Cooperative Agreement No. NCR-9218742,
Amendment 1
Mr. David M. Graves
Contracts Administrator
Network Solutions, Inc.
505 Huntmar Park Drive
Herndon, Virginia 22070
Cooperative Agreement No. NCR-9218742
Amendment 01
Proposal No. NCR-9442033
Dear Mr. Graves:
This amendment increases the funds available under Cooperative Agreement No.
NCR-9218742 by $1,258,457. These funds are for the continued support of the
"Network Information Services Manager(s) for NSFNET and the NREN," in
accordance with the letter and revised budget dated February 25, 1994.The
amount also includes $5,000 for Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
in accordance with the proposal and budget April 7, 1994.
The Foundation hereby approves the Awardee's Program Plan dated January 3,
1994, covering the period April 1, 1994 through March 31, 1995.
The referenced Cooperative Agreement, is hereby amended as follows:
Under II. GENERAL CONDITIONS and Article 6.B2b(2)., and Article 13.b., delete
referenceds to NSF GC-1 (10/91), and substitute NSF GC-1 (5/94). A copy is
enclosed.
Under II. GENERAL CONDITIONS and Article 13.b., delete references to NSF CA-1
(12/91) and substitute NSF CA-1 (5/94). A copy is enclosed.
Under Article 6.B2c., delete CA-1 Article 37 (12/91). "Changes --Limitation of
Funds," and substitute CA-1 Article 38 (5/94). "Changes -- Limitation of
Funds."
Under Article 8. "Funding," part A., "Agreement Amount," make the following
change --
The current total estimated amount of this Cooperative Agreement, exclusive of
such amounts as may be provided in connection with Directed Activities
provided pursuant to Article 11 is $5,998,374 of which [Proprietary Figure
Omitted]
Under Article 8.B1., delete $1,162,245 and substitute $2,420,702, of which
[Proprietary Figure Omitted]
Under Article 8.C., delete $1,162,245 and substitute $2,420,720. By this
amendment, $1,258,457 covers performance through March 31, 1995.
On the Cooperative Agreement face pag and Under Article 10, "Other Reporting
Requirements," part F., "Submission of Reports," delete the name and address
of the NSF Program Administrative Official and Program Official and insert --
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NSF Administrative Official
Alfred W. Wilson
Division of Grants and Agreements
Room 495
Arlington, VA 22230
e-mail awilson@nsf.gov
NSF Program Official
Donald Mitchell
Division of Networking and Communications
Research and Infrastructure
Room 1175
Arlington, VA 22230
e-mail dmitchell@nsf.gov
Under Article 15.A4., delete Article 18. "Project Income," and substitute
Article 19. "Project Income."
Except as modified by this amendment, terms and conditions of this Agreement,
including the expiration date remain unchanged.
Please indicate your acceptance of the agreement by having an authorized
official of your organization sign and return one copy as soon as possible.
Karen L. Sandberg
Grants and Agreements Officer
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NSF Cooperative Agreement No. NCR-0218742,
Amendment 2
Mr. David M. Graves
Contract Administrator
Network Solutions, Inc.
505 Huntmar Park Drive
Herndon, Virginia 22070
Cooperative Agreement No. NCR-9218742
Amendment No. 02
Dear Mr. Graves:
The referenced Cooperative Agreement is hereby amended in accordance with
Network Solutions, Incorporated (NSI) letter dated January 4, 1995.
Under Article 12. Key Personnel, substitute:
Robert W. McCollum and Mark A. Kosters for Alan S. Williamson
Deborah B. Fuller for John Zabluski
The cognizant NSF Program official is Priscilla Jane Huston, 703-306-1950; the
cognizant NSF Grant and Agreements Official is Alfred W. Wilson 703-306-1212.
Sincerely,
Mary Frances O'Connell
Grants and Agreements Officer
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NSF Cooperative Agreement No. NCR-9218742,
Amendment 3
Mr. Dave M. Graves
Contracts Administrator
Network Solutions, Inc.
505 Huntmar Park Drive
Herndon, VA 22070
Cooperative Agreement No. NCR-9218742
Amendment No. 03
Proposal No. NCR - 9543563
Dear Mr. Graves:
The National Science Foundation (NSF) hereby awards $1,948,632 to Network
Solutions, Inc. for additional support in accordance wi the Program Plan
entitled "Network Information Services Manager(s) for NSFNET and the NREN,"
submitted May 5, 1995, and revis ed budged dated August 18, 1995.
The Foundation hereby approves the Awardee's Year 3 Program Plan dated May 5,
1995 covering the period April 1, 1995 through March 31, 1996 with the
following exception:
The Foundation is reviewing the fee-for-service concept outlined in Network
Solutions letters of June 19, 1995 and June 30, 1995, as well as any
modifications of the Cooperative Agreement which may be required to implement
the fee-for-service concept.
The Cooperative Agreement, as amended, is further amended as follows:
Under Article 8.B1., delete $2,420,702, and substitute $4,369,334, of which
[Proprietary Figure Omitted]
Under Article 8.C., delete $2,420,702 and substitute $4,369,334. By this
amendment, $1,948,632 covers performance through September 30, 1995.
It is understood that funding for Awardees performance beyond September 30,
1995 will require either the allotment of additional funds or NSF approval to
initiate fees for registration services in accordance with Article 3.G. of the
Cooperative Agreement.
The amount awarded includes indirect cost allowance at the rates specified in
the approved budget. These maximum provisional rates are subject to downward
adjustment only.
The Foundation authorizes the grantee to enter into the proposed contractual
arrangements and to fund such arrangements with Cooperative Agreement funds up
to the amount indicated in the approved budget. Such consistent with the
applicable Cooperative Agreement general terms and conditions and any special
conditions included in the Cooperative Agreement.
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Except as modified by this amendment, terms and conditions of this Cooperative
Agreement, including the expiration date remain unchanged.
Please indicate your acceptance of this amendment by having an authorized
official of your organization sign and return one copy as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Carol A. Langguth
Grants and Agreements Officer
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NSF Cooperative Agreement No. NCR-9218742,
Amendment 5
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
4201 WILSON BOULEVARD
ARLINGTON , VIRGINIA
Jan. 6, 1997
Mr. Dave M. Graves
Contract Administrator
Network Solutions, Inc.
505 Huntmar Park Drive
Herndon, VA 22070
Cooperative Agreement No. NCR-9218742
Amendment No. 05
Dear Mr. Graves:
The purpose of this amendment is to cover the following administrative actions
with respect to the NSI Cooperative Agreement No. NCR-9218742.
The Foundation hereby approves the following:
- The Foundation hereby approves the Awardee's Annual Progress Report for
Year 3 submitted October 10, 1996 However, consistent with the previous
agreement between NSI and NSF, NSI will bear the costs ($61,979) of computer
equipment listed in the "materials and supplies" category of the Year 3
Financial Report and NSF will not reimburse these costs. In addition, fees in
excess of the costs incurred (including the litigation costs associated with
the Knowledgenet suit) for work not d.one during the period April 1, 1995
through September 13, 1995 will not be invoiced by NSI nor paid by NSF.
- The Foundation hereby approves the Awardee's Year 4 Program Plan dated
October 10, 1996 covering he period April 1, 1996 through March 31, 1997.
- The Foundation hereby approves payment of the Awardee's invoice covering
litigation costs with Knowledgenet, Inc. in the (reduced) amount of $74,617.
This amount includes only the actual cost of the litigation and associated fee
amount.
- NSF authorizes the Awardee to invoice NSF via the Electronic Fund Transfer
process for payment (when due) of registration and renewal fees for the .EDU
and .GOV domain names at the rates set forth in this agreement. The Awardee's
invoices and NSF payment of these fees will not exceed $253,300
Except as modified by this amendment, all other Agreement terms and conditions
remain unchanged.
Sincerely,
Karen Sandberg
Grants and Agreements Officer