infrastructural facilities. Interconnectivity at the logical infrastructural level ensures interoperability of ICT devices, enables the efficient routing of data packets to the desired destination and / or ICT device, and guarantees compliance with appropriate network security. Emphasis will be placed on: a) Establishing a transparent national management plan of the national domain name system, (currently managed by SDNP) to guarantee the efficient routing of data, including the installation of a local copy of DNS root server; b) Transitioning government networks to IPv6 and developing policies to encourage IPv6 adoption within other national networks; c) To ensure efficient utilization of national Internet resources, government will take its role for the management of the .TT country code .mw Top Level Domain (ccTLD) based on the principles and guidelines for the delegation and administration of country code top level domains provided by ICANN (Committte, 2005) which state that “ultimate public policy authority over the relevant ccTLD rests with the relevant government or public authority; how this authority is exercised is determined by applicable law” and that “government or public authority is strongly encouraged to ensure that the ccTLD is being administered in the public interest, within the framework of its national public policy and relevant laws and regulations” ; and d) Development of national computer incident response capability to protect critical infrastructure and systems against malicious threats. Building ICT institutional capacity and the professional capital stock for managing Internet Governance related issues is critical to a number of Key Initiatives identified under Malawi Department of E-Government strategic plan. Provision will be made 47