Brett,

Thank you for following up.

I will make sure to respond no later than the end of this week.

 

Thank you.

 

Best,

Xavier

 

Xavier Calvez

ICANN

CFO

12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300

Los Angeles, CA 90094

Office     : +1 (310) 301 5838

Mobile   : +1 (805) 312 0052

Fax                          : +1 (310) 957-2348

 

 

From: "Schaefer, Brett" <Brett.Schaefer@heritage.org>
Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 11:38 AM
To: Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez@icann.org>, "community-finance@icann.org" <community-finance@icann.org>, "cwg-stewardship@icann.org" <cwg-stewardship@icann.org>, CCWG-Accountability <accountability-cross-community@icann.org>
Cc: Executive Team <executive-team@icann.org>, COMMS Team <commsteam@icann.org>, "icann-board@icann.org" <icann-board@icann.org>, Finance Staff <finance-staff@icann.org>
Subject: RE: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update

 

Xavier,

 

Thanks for promising to get this information to me in Helsinki. Do you have an estimate for when it will be provided?

 

Thanks,


Brett

 


Brett Schaefer
Jay Kingham Senior Research Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy

The Heritage Foundation
214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002
202-608-6097

heritage.org

From: Schaefer, Brett
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 2:39 PM
To: 'Xavier J. Calvez'; community-finance@icann.org; cwg-stewardship@icann.org; CCWG-Accountability
Cc: Executive Team; COMMS Team; icann-board@icann.org; Finance Staff
Subject: RE: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update

 

Xavier,

 

I appreciate the detailed breakdown on the legal fees That is indeed what I was looking for though I would think it useful to have the totals provided in the summary document.

 

However, I did not see similar information for lobbying or education/ engagement/advice in the links provided. In fact, the only specific information that I saw listed is for Jamie Hedlund at $200,000. No information on other individual firms or vendors is listed at all – only the top line budget expenditure in the summary document link originally sent around.

 

Could you provide that information?

 

Thanks,

 

Brett

 

From: Xavier J. Calvez [mailto:xavier.calvez@icann.org]
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 10:43 AM
To: Schaefer, Brett; community-finance@icann.org; cwg-stewardship@icann.org; CCWG-Accountability
Cc: Executive Team; COMMS Team; icann-board@icann.org; Finance Staff
Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update

 

Dear all,

It appears that the first link in my email further below (detail of legal fees by firm) does not resolve correctly. Please use the below instead.

https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-stewardship-expenses-legal-firm-fy16-01jun16-en.pdf

 

 

Thank you.

 

Best,

Xavier

 

Xavier Calvez

ICANN

CFO

12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300

Los Angeles, CA 90094

Office     : +1 (310) 301 5838

Mobile   : +1 (805) 312 0052

Fax                          : +1 (310) 957-2348

 

 

From: Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez@icann.org>
Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 1:01 PM
To: "Schaefer, Brett" <Brett.Schaefer@heritage.org>, "community-finance@icann.org" <community-finance@icann.org>, "cwg-stewardship@icann.org" <cwg-stewardship@icann.org>, CCWG-Accountability <accountability-cross-community@icann.org>
Cc: Executive Team <executive-team@icann.org>, COMMS Team <commsteam@icann.org>, "icann-board@icann.org" <icann-board@icann.org>, Finance Staff <finance-staff@icann.org>
Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update

 

Dear Brett,

Thank you for your interest and question.

We currently publish the list of all vendors from whom ICANN obtain services in relation to the IANA Stewardship transition. The $$ value of the services received is aggregated by category of expenses, which you mention below (US Government affairs, Education/engagement/advice,…). This presentation is driven by 2 factors: providing clarity as to the type of services received, and abiding by the contractual obligation of confidentiality in force with each of the vendors (resulting from standard business sensitive information).

We do publish however the detail of the legal advice, by firm and by working group, on this same page (see for example the link to the report of fees by firm: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-stewardship-expenses-legal-firm-fy16-01jun16-en.pdf).

You will also find more information relative to ICANN’s lobbying in the following blog published a few months ago. In this blog, you will also find links to the disclosure reports that ICANN makes on lobbying activities.

https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/lobbying-disclosures-contributions-2015-11-18-en.

Lastly, further information on lobbying appears in ICANN’s form 990 (Schedule C, Part II-B. On page 33/73 of the FY15 form 990 published at the following link):

https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/fy-2015-form-990-10may16-en.pdf

I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have further questions.

 

Thank you.

 

Best,

Xavier

 

Xavier Calvez

ICANN

CFO

12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300

Los Angeles, CA 90094

Office     : +1 (310) 301 5838

Mobile   : +1 (805) 312 0052

Fax                          : +1 (310) 957-2348

 

 

From: "Schaefer, Brett" <Brett.Schaefer@heritage.org>
Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 9:54 PM
To: Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez@icann.org>, "community-finance@icann.org" <community-finance@icann.org>, "cwg-stewardship@icann.org" <cwg-stewardship@icann.org>, CCWG-Accountability <accountability-cross-community@icann.org>
Cc: Executive Team <executive-team@icann.org>, COMMS Team <commsteam@icann.org>, "icann-board@icann.org" <icann-board@icann.org>, Finance Staff <finance-staff@icann.org>
Subject: RE: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update

 

Xavier,

 

Thank you. Could you please provide a more detailed breakdown of legal advice, US government affairs, and educations/engagement/advice? In each category, there are multiple firms/vendors listed (https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-stewardship-expenses-professional-vendor-01jun16-en.pdf). I would appreciate the amount provided to each individual vendor. If it is provided somewhere, I would appreciate you letting me know where to find it.

 

Much appreciated,

 

Brett

 


Brett Schaefer
Jay Kingham Senior Research Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy

The Heritage Foundation
214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002
202-608-6097

heritage.org

From: accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Xavier J. Calvez
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2016 12:10 AM
To: community-finance@icann.org; cwg-stewardship@icann.org; CCWG-Accountability
Cc: Executive Team; COMMS Team; icann-board@icann.org; Finance Staff
Subject: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update

 

Dear all,

You find at the link below the updated project’s expenses as of FY16 Q3 (from July 2014 to March 2016). As indicated a few months ago, we have added new detailed information on the staff support with the individual positions, names and percentages of effort over the period.

 

https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iana-stewardship-project-costs

 

 

Thank you.

 

Best,

Xavier

 

Xavier Calvez

ICANN

CFO

12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300

Los Angeles, CA 90094

Office     : +1 (310) 301 5838

Mobile   : +1 (805) 312 0052

Fax          : +1 (310) 957-2348