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Blog Entry If the DIDP Did Its Job
by Asvatha Babu published Nov 03, 2016 last modified Nov 07, 2016 12:57 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
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Blog Entry 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: , ,
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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Blog Entry DIDP Request #9 - Exactly how involved is ICANN in the NETmundial Initiative?
by Asvatha Babu published Jul 27, 2016 — filed under: , ,
The importance and relevance of knowing ICANN’s involvement in the NETmundial Initiative cannot be overstated.
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Blog Entry DIDP Request #13: Keeping track of ICANN’s contracted parties: Registries
by Asvatha Babu published Jul 28, 2016 — filed under: , ,
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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Blog Entry DIDP Request #14: Keeping track of ICANN’s contracted parties: Registrars
by Asvatha Babu published Jul 28, 2016 — filed under: , ,
In September 2016, we filed two separate DIDP requests regarding ICANN’s Contractual Compliance Goals.
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Blog Entry DIDP Request #15: What is going on between Verisign and ICANN?
by Asvatha Babu published Jul 29, 2016 — filed under: , ,
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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Blog Entry DIDP Request #16 - ICANN has no Documentation on Registrars’ “Abuse Contacts”
by Asvatha Babu published Jul 29, 2016 — filed under: , ,
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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Blog Entry DIDP Request #17 - How ICANN Chooses their Contractual Compliance Auditors
by Asvatha Babu published Jul 29, 2016 — filed under: , ,
At a congressional hearing on internet governance and progress, then President of ICANN Fadi Chehadi indicated that the number of people working on compliance audits grew substantially—from 6 to 24 (we misquoted it as 25)— in the span of a few years.
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Blog Entry DIDP Request #18 - ICANN’s Internal Website will Stay Internal
by Asvatha Babu published Jul 29, 2016 — filed under: , ,
ICANN maintains an internal website accessible to staff and employees. We requested ICANN to provide us with a document with the contents of that website in the interest of transparency and accountability.
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Blog Entry DIDP Request #19 - ICANN’s role in the Postponement of the IANA Transition
by Asvatha Babu published Jul 29, 2016 — filed under: , ,
In March 2014, the National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) of the United States government announced plans to shift the Internet Assigned Names and Numbers (IANA) functions from ICANN to the global multistakeholder community. The initial deadline set for this was September 2015.
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