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MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers today released the first version of a new ‘Dashboard’ that will offer measurements of ICANN’s performance in numerous areas across the organization.
“At this stage the ‘Dashboard’ has reports from Finance, IANA, and IETF request queue. We are looking for community feedback on this tool and will expand the reports available over time,” said Dr Paul Twomey, ICANN’s President and CEO.
Frameworks and Principles for Accountability and Transparency revised after further community input
MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers today released a final draft of a key accountability document that has been amended to incorporate additional community input, including that of the Governmental Advisory Committee.
The Frameworks and Principles on Accountability and Transparency document has been in development since late 2006. The process began with a consultation that asked the community for their views on improvements to accountability and transparency at ICANN. An issues paper summarizing these comments was posted in January 2007. Based on the feedback received and the input from the One World Trust report on accountability and transparency, a draft set of Frameworks and Principles was released for comment in June 2007.
ICANN Board believes that JPA Responsibilities are being met
MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers today made its formal submission to the Midterm Review of the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between ICANN and the United States Department of Commerce.
The submission’s main point is that the conclusion of the JPA would be a further step in the transition envisioned since ICANN was established — one of moving the Domain Name System to private-sector co-ordination.
Public comments are invited until 15 February on recommendations for future studies on the WHOIS system.
Submit comments to: [email protected]
View comments at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/whois-comments-2008/
Background
At the 31 October meeting in Los Angeles, the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council voted to conduct several studies of the WHOIS system, concluding that a comprehensive, objective and quantifiable understanding of key factual issues regarding the gTLD WHOIS system will benefit future GNSO policy development efforts. Before defining the details of these studies, the Council is soliciting suggestions from the community for specific topics of study on WHOIS that community stakeholders recommend be conducted.
Lower Rates negotiated for 31st International Public Meeting but participants need to book swiftly
MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has posted hotel information to help participants prepare for ICANN’s 31 st International Public Meeting in New Delhi, India from 10-15 February 2008.
‘New Delhi, similar to other international cities in high season, is expensive’ said Paul Levins, Executive Officer and Vice President Corporate Affairs. ICANN and the meeting local hosts have worked to achieve lower rates for participants. ‘This negotiation has taken some time, but we are now holding rooms at negotiated rates. These rates are still high, ranging from US$354 to over US$400, but they are cheaper than the published rates’ he said.