Public Comments: Questions to the Community on Accountability and Transparency within ICANN In the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC), ICANN commits to maintain and improve robust mechanisms for public input, accountability and transparency so as to ensure that the outcomes of its decision-making will reflect the public interest and be accountable to all stakeholders. The AoC Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) is in the process of analyzing stakeholder and community input that has been submitted on these topics prior to the AoC (i.e. comments on Improving Institutional Confidence, submissions to the NTIA NOI on expiration of the JPA, etc.). However, the ATRT would also like to understand if there are new inputs or changes in stakeholder views since the establishment of the AoC. For that matter the ATRT is opening a 45-day public comment, from 18th May through 1 July 2010, and invites community comments and responses. The questions and more information can be found here: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-18may10-en.htm.