Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published the final evaluation guide for Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) in the New Generic Top-Level Domains Program: 2026 Round. ICANN has updated the evaluation guide following the Public Comment period that closed on 4 May 2026. The evaluation guide also includes the CPE Panel Process and Procedures, a document developed by the CPE vendor which ICANN is publishing now.
The CPE Evaluation Guide and Panel Process Procedures document is available here. For more information on the 2026 Round and CPE, please visit this webpage.
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ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.