[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org] News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21may09-en.htm ________________________________ SSAC Review: Public Comment Period to the Independent Reviewers’ Final Report 21 May 2009 ICANN appointed JAS Communications as the consultants for the independent review of SSAC, the Security and Stability Advisory Committee. The consultants released their draft final report<http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/ssac/ssac-review-final-16feb09.pdf> [PDF, 673K], which was presented and discussed at the ICANN Mexico City meeting. Slides used during the presentation and transcript of the discussion are available here<http://mex.icann.org/node/2662>. External reviewers addressed the comments received during presentation and public comments to their draft report, and released the finalized version of their report<http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/ssac/ssac-review-final-15may09.pdf> [PDF, 745K]. A public comment period<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200906.html#ssac-final...> is now open until the 28 June 2009, to allow inputs from the community final report of external reviewers<http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/ssac/ssac-review-final-15may09.pdf> [PDF, 745K]. The SSAC review Working Group, considering the report of external reviewers and the inputs that will be received during public comments, will issue its recommendations to the Structural Improvements Committee and the Board for implementation. ________________________________ Sign up for ICANN's Monthly Magazine<http://www.icann.org/magazine/>