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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 #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 #11: NETmundial Principles
by Aditya Garg published Sep 14, 2015 — filed under: ,
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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Blog Entry DIDP Request #12: Revenues
by Aditya Garg published Sep 14, 2015 — filed under: ,
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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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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