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DIDP Request #22 - Reconsideration Requests from Parties affected by ICANN Action: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
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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DIDP Request #23 - ICANN does not Know how Diverse its Comment Section Is: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
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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DIDP Request #25 - Curbing Sexual Harassment at ICANN: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
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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DIDP Request #27 - On ICANN’s support to new gTLD Applicants: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
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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DIDP Request #28 - ICANN renews Verisign’s RZM Contract?: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
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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ICANN’s Documentary Information Disclosure Policy – I: DIDP Basics: by Vinayak Mithal — published Jul 01, 2014 — filed under: Internet Governance, Accountability, ICANN, DIDP, Transparency
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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Where Does ICANN’s Money Come From? We Asked; They Don’t Know: by Geetha Hariharan — published Feb 09, 2015 — last modified Mar 05, 2015 07:43 AM — filed under: Accountability, ICANN, IANA Transition, Transparency, DIDP
Just how transparent is ICANN? How responsive are they to requests for information? At CIS, we sent ICANN ten questions seeking information about, inter alia, their revenues, commitment to the NETmundial Principles, Globalisation Advisory Groups and organisational structure. Geetha Hariharan wonders at ICANN's reluctance to respond.
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