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News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

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Announcements This Week

ICANN Opens Public Comment Period for Draft/Interim Terminated Registrar Transition Procedure

6 June 2008 | In consultation with the community, ICANN has developed this draft/interim procedure for managing transition of gTLD domain name registrations from a de-accredited registrar to an accredited gaining registrar.

ICANN Seeks Expressions of Interest from Registrars to Receive Names from Two De-Accredited Registrars

6 June 2008 | ICANN Seeks Expressions of Interest from Registrars to Receive Bulk Transfer of Names from De-Accredited Registrars Best Registration Services, Inc. dba Bestregistrar.com and DotForce Corp. dba DotForce.com.

RSTEP Report on PIR's Request to Implement DNSSEC in .ORG

5 June 2008 | The RSTEP Review Team completed its report that can be found at http://icann.org/registries/rsep/rstep-report-pir-dnssec-04jun08.pdf [PDF, 481 KB].

Internationalized Domain Name Program Adds Two Languages

5 June 2008 | This draft FY09 Operating Plan and Budget is being posted for community review with the support of the Board Finance Committee.

ICANN Posts Draft Community Travel Support Document

3 June 2008 | At the February Delhi meeting, there was a public consultation regarding ICANN's approach to travel support funding for the community. After the public consultation in Delhi, a public comment period was held, and the feedback was analyzed and noted on-line.

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ICANN Makes Urdu Available (Netxpress Online)

6 June 2008 | "As of today, June 5, 2008," writes Khalil Ahmad, CEO & Chairman PakNIC Limited, "we are proud to let you know that ICANN has officially announced the availability of URDU on the ICANN wikipages setup for global testing of IDNs today."

UNESCO encourages Governments to participate in the next meeting of ICANN (UNESCO.ORG)

6 June 2008 | UNESCO encourages Governments to participate in the next meeting of the Governmental Advisory Committee of ICANN to be held in Paris from 22 to 26 June 2008.

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Upcoming Events

20 June 2008 - EGENI Europe 2008 - Paris, France

22 - 27 June 2008: 32nd International Public ICANN Meeting - Paris, France

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Strategic Plan, July 2007 - June 2010

Proposed FY09 Operating Plan and Budget [PDF, 476 KB]

Adopted Budget Fiscal Year 2007 - 2008 [PDF, 426 KB]

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