ICANN Newsletter | Week ending 18 June 2010
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Announcements This Week
Major Milestone for the Internet and ICANN
16 June 2010 | Today in the small town of Culpeper, Virginia, ICANN technical staff played host to an unusual and somewhat arcane event. Volunteers from over ten countries made their way by plane, train and automobile to witness and participate in the generation of the cryptographic key that will be used to secure the root zone of the Domain Name System using DNSSEC for the first time.
New gTLD Program: Three Documents Available for Comment, including Economics Study
16 June 2010 | ICANN is pleased to release three additional documents related to the New generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Program: An Economic Framework for the Analysis of the Expansion of Generic Top-Level Domain Names; the Joint SO/AC Working Group on New gTLD Applicant Support Snapshot; and the Draft Program Development Snapshot #2- High Security Zone Top-Level Domain Advisory Group (HSTLD Advisory Group).
Public Comments Requested on ccNSO Working Group Paper on Delegation, Redelegation and Retirement of ccTLDs
16 June 2010 | The Chair of the ccNSO's working group on delegation, re-delegation and retirement of ccTLD's is pleased to announce the publication of the working groups Issue Analysis report. The objective of the report is to inform and solicit input and comment from the community on the classification methodology developed by the working group and the issues identified and classified using that methodology.
ICANN Posting External Review of Root Zone Change Request Process
16 June 2010 | ICANN is posting a summary of actions it has taken in response to recommendations made by JAS Communications LLC (JAS), an external consultant, related to ICANN's IANA functions process. The JAS Evaluation document, "IANA Process for Implementing Root Zone Change Requests – Review and Assessment of Risk Management strategy and Comparison of Implementation Options" is also posted in order to share with the community the findings and recommendations made by the external consultant and to add transparency to how ICANN manages the IANA functions process.
ccNSO Review – External Reviewers' Final Report for Public Comment
15 June 2010 | In November 2009, ICANN appointed ITEMS International to carry out the external review of its country code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO). ITEMS International has delivered its recommendations and conclusions in a final report based on a survey and interviews conducted.
Public Comment: Phased Allocation Program in .JOBS
15 June 2010 | ICANN opened a public comment period on a proposed amendment from EmployMedia LLC to Appendix S of the .JOBS Registry Agreement.
RSSAC Review – Final WG Report
15 June 2010 | The Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) Review WG submitted its draft final report for public comment on April 27 2010.
Bulk Transfer of Domain Names from Mobiline and Western United to NamesBeyond
14 June 2010 | ICANN has authorized the bulk transfers of Mobiline USA, Inc.'s and Western United Domains, Inc.'s gTLD domain names to 2030138 Ontario Inc. (dba NamesBeyond.com), due to a compliance action taken by ICANN that resulted in the de-accreditation of registrars Mobiline USA, Inc. (dba domainbonus.com) and Western United Domains, Inc.
Updated: AoC Accountability and Transparency Review: Independent Expert – Request for Proposals
12 June 2010 | Deadline extended to: 12 June 2010 – 23.59 UTC
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