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Blog Entry DIDP Request #21 - ICANN’s Relationship with the RIRs
by Asvatha Babu published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: , ,
At CIS, we wanted a clearer understanding of ICANN’s relationship with the 5 internet registries. The large amount contributed by the RIRs to ICANN’s funding lead us to question the nature of this relationship as well as the payment. We wrote to ICANN asking them for these details.
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Blog Entry DIDP Request #22 - Reconsideration Requests from Parties affected by ICANN Action
by Asvatha Babu published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: , ,
According to ICANN by-laws, ICANN has the responsibility to answer to reconsideration requests filed by those directly affected by its actions.
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Blog Entry DIDP Request #23 - ICANN does not Know how Diverse its Comment Section Is
by Asvatha Babu published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: , ,
While researching ICANN and the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG), we came across a diversity analysis report of a public comment section.
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Blog Entry DIDP Request #25 - Curbing Sexual Harassment at ICANN
by Asvatha Babu published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: , ,
Markus Kummer at Public Forum 2 mentioned that ICANN has standards of behavior regarding sexual harassment that are applicable for its staff.
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Blog Entry DIDP Request #27 - On ICANN’s support to new gTLD Applicants
by Asvatha Babu published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: , ,
In order to promote access to the New gTLD Program in developing regions, ICANN set up the New gTLD Applicant Support Program (Program) which seeks to facilitate cooperation between gTLD applicants from developing countries and those willing and able to support them financially (and in kind).
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Blog Entry DIDP Request #28 - ICANN renews Verisign’s RZM Contract?
by Asvatha Babu published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: , ,
Our request to ICANN was related to our (mistaken) assumption that Verisign and ICANN had signed an agreement for Root Zone Maintenance and had recently renewed it. In that context we had asked for information such as documents reflecting the decision making process, copy of the current RZM agreement, public comments and an audit report of Verisign’s RZM functions.
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Blog Entry ICANN’s Documentary Information Disclosure Policy – I: DIDP Basics
by Vinayak Mithal published Jul 01, 2014 — filed under: , , , ,
In a series of blogposts, Vinayak Mithal analyses ICANN's reactive transparency mechanism, comparing it with freedom of information best practices. In this post, he describes the DIDP and its relevance for the Internet community.
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