Announcements
New gTLD Applicant and GDD Portal Update
ICANN temporarily took its New gTLD Applicant and GDD portals offline on 27 February 2015 to investigate a reported security issue. Access to, and data in, these portals is limited to New gTLD Program applicants and New gTLD registry operators....
Results Available for 25 February 2015 New gTLD Program Auction
On 25 February 2015, Power Auctions LLC, ICANN's authorized auction service provider, conducted a New gTLD Program Auction to resolve string contention for one new generic top-level domain (gTLD)...
Update on the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability
Date: Thursday 5th March 2015
Time: 12:00 UTC
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ICG Announces Twelfth Conference Call
The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) has scheduled its twelfth conference call:
- ICG Call # 12 (agenda [PDF, 39 KB]) – Wednesday,...
ICANN Updates Authorization Process for Release of Two-Character ASCII Labels
Today, ICANN is announcing updates to the "Authorization Process for the Release of Two-Character ASCII Labels" to take into account additional direction from the ICANN Board. On 12 February 2015, the Board took
Closing Date Approaching: Nomination Period For 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award | Award Presentation Planned for ICANN 53 | Nominations Close 02 March 2015
On 10 December 2015 ICANN announced the opening of the nomination period for ICANN's 2015 Multistakeholder Ethos Award Program. The nomination period will close on 2 March 2015. This award program seeks to recognize...
Second Middle East DNS Forum to Take Place in Amman Jordan
What: Middle East DNS Forum
When: March 9-10, 2015
TIMES: 8:00 – 17:30 (please see agenda below)
Where: Talal Abu-Ghazaleh University...
CWG-Stewardship Chairs' Statement - Summary of ICANN 52 Meeting | Lise Fuhr & Jonathan Robinson
The Cross Community Working Group (CWG) on Naming Related Functions held two sessions at the ICANN 52 Meeting in Singapore (8-12 February 2015): a two-hour working...
ICANN 52 Board Statement on ICANN Sending IANA Stewardship Transition and Enhancing ICANN Accountability Proposals to NTIA
We have received several questions requesting clarification as to how ICANN will handle receipt of the proposal from the ICG and the Work Stream 1 proposal from the CCWG. We hope the following will be helpful.
NTIA is expecting...
ICANN 52 Singapore GAC Communiqué
The Governmental Advisory Committee meeting at ICANN 52 in Singapore has issued its Singapore Communiqué. It is available for review at GAC Singapore 52 Communiqué [PDF,...
IAB Liaison to the Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC)
The Internet Architecture Board and the Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) issued a joint statement confirming their ongoing liaison relationship.
Read the full statement
IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group Responds to Submitted Proposals
As part of its assessment of the proposals received concerning protocol parameters and numbers, the ICG has sent the following question to the IETF IANAPLAN working...
500+ New gTLDs Introduced into the Internet
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that over 500 new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) have now been introduced into the Internet. The gTLD .NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) was the 500th new gTLD to...
CWG-Stewardship Publishes Discussion Document for ICANN 52
The CWG-Stewardship has created a Discussion Document [PDF, 447 KB] for the ICANN...
IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group - Fourth Face-to-Face Meeting & Public Session at ICANN 52
The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) will be holding its next face-to-face meeting from Friday, 6th to Saturday, 7th February 2015 from 09:00-17:00 SGT/ 01:00-09:00 UTC...
Design Team Selected for DNS Root Zone Key-Signing-Key
In December, ICANN solicited Statements of Interest for inclusion on a Design Team to provide expert input into the plan to change the current DNS Root Zone Key-Signing-Key. The selection of the Design Team has been made; the following people...
Adiel Akplogan to Join ICANN as VP of Technical Engagement
Veteran Internet technology expert Adiel Akplogan is joining ICANN in the newly created role of Vice President for Technical Engagement.
Akplogan served most recently as the Chief Executive Officer of AfriNIC, the Internet Numbers'...
Overview of Africa Sessions During ICANN 52 Meeting in Singapore
ICANN's 52nd Public Meeting is taking place in Singapore from 8 -12 February at the Raffles City Convention Centre. This meeting comes at a critical time especially with the recent developments since the historic
Generation Panel for the Armenian Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) Seated
ICANN is pleased to announce that the Generation Panel for the Armenian Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) has been seated.
Following the Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root...
Draft Report: Rights Protection Mechanisms Review
| Forum Announcement: | Comment Period Opens on | Date: | 2 February 2015 |
RSSAC Elects Tripti Sinha as Co-Chair
The Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) has elected Tripti Sinha, Assistant Vice President and Deputy CIO for the Division of Information Technology at the University of Maryland, as co-chair effective 1 January 2015. Sinha will serve...
IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group – Announcement Regarding Community Comments
The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG)'s Request for Proposals [PDF, 84 KB] from the operational communities noted the following: "While the ICG is...
Selection of International Law Advisor to the Enhancing ICANN Accountability Process
The Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group (PEG) announces the selection of the 7th and final Advisor to the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability...
ATRT2 Implementation Program Update
We are pleased to provide the second update on the implementation of recommendations from the Second Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT2). ICANN kicked off the implementation work, completed a thorough project planning process...
Third Face-to-Face Meeting for the Task Force on Arabic Script IDNs (TF-AIDN) to Convene in Singapore
When: February 6-8, 2015
Where: Raffles City Convention Center, Singapore (Room "Fullerton")