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DIDP Request #7: Globalisation Advisory Groups: by Geetha Hariharan — published Mar 17, 2015 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Transparency, Accountability
CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking information regarding the creation and dissolution of the President's Globalisation Advisory Groups. The GAGs were created to advise the ICANN Board on its globalisation efforts, and to address questions on Affirmation of Commitments (AOC), policy structures, legal structure, root server system, the IANA multistakeholder accountability, and Internet governance. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below.
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DIDP Request #8: ICANN Organogram: by Geetha Hariharan — published Mar 17, 2015 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Transparency, Accountability
CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking details of its oragnisational structure and headcount of all staff. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below.
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DIDP Request #9 - Exactly how involved is ICANN in the NETmundial Initiative?: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 27, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
The importance and relevance of knowing ICANN’s involvement in the NETmundial Initiative cannot be overstated.
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DIDP Request #10 - ICANN does not know how much each RIR contributes to its Budget: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 27, 2016 — last modified Jul 27, 2016 02:57 PM — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
In an effort to understand the relationship between the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) and ICANN, we requested current and historical information on the contract fees paid by the five RIRs (AfriNIC, ARIN, APNIC, LACNIC and RIPE NCC) to ICANN annually.
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DIDP Request #11: NETmundial Principles: by Aditya Garg — published Sep 14, 2015 — filed under: ICANN, Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) followed up on the implementation of the NETmundial Principles that ICANN has been endorsing by sending them a second request under their Documentary Information Disclosure Policy. This request and their response have been described in this blog post.
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DIDP Request #12: Revenues: by Aditya Garg — published Sep 14, 2015 — filed under: ICANN, Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) sought information from ICANN on their revenue streams by sending them a second request under their Documentary Information Disclosure Policy. This request and their response have been described in this blog post.
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DIDP Request #13: Keeping track of ICANN’s contracted parties: Registries: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 28, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
On multiple occasions, Fadi Chehade, then President and CEO of ICANN has emphasized the importance of conducting audits (internal and external) to ensure compliance of ICANN’s contracted parties. At a US congressional hearing, he spoke about the contract monitoring function of ICANN.
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DIDP Request #14: Keeping track of ICANN’s contracted parties: Registrars: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 28, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
In September 2016, we filed two separate DIDP requests regarding ICANN’s Contractual Compliance Goals.
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DIDP Request #15: What is going on between Verisign and ICANN?: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 29, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
During a hearing of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on “Internet Governance Progress After ICANN 53,” President and CEO of ICANN - Mr Fadi Chehade indicated that ICANN follows up with registries and registrars on receipt of any complaint against them about violations of their contract with ICANN.
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DIDP Request #16 - ICANN has no Documentation on Registrars’ “Abuse Contacts”: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 29, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
Registrars on contract with ICANN are required to maintain an “abuse contact” - a 24/7 dedicated phone line and e-mail address to receive reports of abuse regarding the registered names sponsored by the registrar.
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