ICANN organization launched the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) Survey for the Africa region. The survey aims to provide ICANN org with a better understanding on the participants' DNSSEC implementation status, and DNSSEC deployment plans. The survey is available in English and French languages, and open until 14 February 2022, 00:00 UTC.

ICANN’s VP of Policy Research and Stakeholder Programs Karen Lentz shares background and a brief overview about how they are organizing their work for the Subsequent Procedures (SubPro) Operational Design Phase (ODP). The SupPro ODP will deliver an assessment of work organized into nine work tracks. Click the link in the title to read more.

John Crain is ICANN organization’s new Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, and will lead ICANN org’s Identifier Research, Operations, and Security (IROS) team and oversee the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions. Click the link in the title to learn more about John Crain.

ICANN’s Nominating Committee invites interested individuals to submit applications for key leadership positions within ICANN's Supporting Organizations (SO) and Advisory Committees (AC), the ICANN Board of Directors, and the Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) Board of Directors. The deadline to submit applications is 11 March 2022 at 23:59 UTC.