Each fiscal year, the ICANN Board reviews its Operational Priorities, assesses progress against set goals, and considers whether there are opportunities to update or include new Operational Priorities. Click the link above to read ICANN Board Chair Maarten Botterman’s blog about key results from fiscal year 2021 and the targets for fiscal year 2022.

The DNS Security Facilitation Initiative Technical Study Group (DSFI-TSG) delivered its final report to ICANN President and CEO, Göran Marby. The report examines real and known threats to the DNS and offers a set of recommended activities ICANN org may implement to best serve the global DNS. Click the title above to learn more.

Kim Davies, VP of Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Services and President of Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) reflects on what has changed, and what has not changed, in how the day-to-day IANA functions are performed. On 1 October 2016, an entirely new oversight framework was put in place for the IANA functions. Click the title to learn more.

ICANN has announced that the deadline to submit applications for the NextGen@ICANN73 program has been extended through 5 November 2021. ICANN wants to hear from regional university students in North America who are interested in participating in the ICANN73 Community Forum. ICANN73 is scheduled to be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from 5 to 10 March 2022.