http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-12apr12-en.htm
ICANN constantly monitors the performance of the
TLD Application System (TAS). Recently, we received a report
of unusual behavior with the operation of the TAS system. We
then identified a technical issue with the TAS system
software.
ICANN is taking the most conservative approach
possible to protect all applicants and allow adequate time to
resolve the issue. Therefore, TAS will be shut down until
Tuesday at 23:59 UTC - unless otherwise notified before that
time.
In order to ensure all applicants have sufficient
time to complete their applications during the disruption, the
application window will remain open until 23:59 UTC on Friday,
20 April 2012.
We apologize for any inconvenience this has
caused. If you have any questions, please contact the gTLD
Customer Service Center (CSC) via the CSC portal.
Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home www.bizconst.org bc-secretariat@icann.org