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DIDP Request #19 - ICANN’s role in the Postponement of the IANA Transition
— by Asvatha Babu — last modified Jul 29, 2016 04:37 PMIn 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.
DIDP Request #18 - ICANN’s Internal Website will Stay Internal
— by Asvatha Babu — last modified Jul 29, 2016 02:53 PMICANN 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.
DIDP Request #17 - How ICANN Chooses their Contractual Compliance Auditors
— by Asvatha Babu — last modified Jul 29, 2016 02:20 AMAt 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.
DIDP Request #16 - ICANN has no Documentation on Registrars’ “Abuse Contacts”
— by Asvatha Babu — last modified Jul 29, 2016 02:11 AMRegistrars 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.
DIDP Request #15: What is going on between Verisign and ICANN?
— by Asvatha Babu — last modified Jul 29, 2016 02:01 AMDuring 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.
DIDP Request #14: Keeping track of ICANN’s contracted parties: Registrars
— by Asvatha Babu — last modified Jul 28, 2016 04:34 PMIn September 2016, we filed two separate DIDP requests regarding ICANN’s Contractual Compliance Goals.
DIDP Request #13: Keeping track of ICANN’s contracted parties: Registries
— by Asvatha Babu — last modified Jul 28, 2016 03:40 PMOn 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.
DIDP Request #9 - Exactly how involved is ICANN in the NETmundial Initiative?
— by Asvatha Babu — last modified Jul 27, 2016 03:53 PMThe importance and relevance of knowing ICANN’s involvement in the NETmundial Initiative cannot be overstated.
DIDP Request #10 - ICANN does not know how much each RIR contributes to its Budget
— by Asvatha Babu — last modified Jul 27, 2016 02:57 PMIn 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.
One Pokémon to Rule Them All
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Jul 25, 2016 01:16 AMAmerica’s head start on the augmented reality game Pokémon Go shows that the interweb is not an egalitarian space.
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