ICANN today submitted
an implementation planning status report [PDF, 932 KB] to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), in response to a request [PDF,
339 KB] NTIAmade on 9 June 2016.
ICANN and the various stakeholder groups have worked tirelessly to complete the tasks specified byNTIA and the
global multistakeholder community.
The following implementation tasks are complete:
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On May 27, 2016, the ICANN Board approved the revisions to the ICANN Bylaws.
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On June 24, 2016, ICANN signed the 2016 Supplemental Agreement with the Internet
Engineering Taskforce (IETF).
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On June 29, 2016, ICANN signed the Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the five
Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).
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On July 5, 2016, ICANN and Verisign successfully completed the 90-day parallel
testing period on the Root Zone Management System.
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On August 9, 2016, the ICANN Board approved the amendments to the ICANN Articles
of Incorporation.
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On August 10, 2016, the membership of the Customer Standing Committee (CSC) was approved.
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On August 10, 2016, the Incorporation Documents for the "Post-Transition IANA" organization were filed and received by the
California Secretary of State, under the name Public Technical Identifiers (which will be more commonly referred to as PTI).
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On August 12, 2016, the Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC) was formed.
Significant progress has been made on the following implementation tasks, which will be complete in advance of September 30, 2016:
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On August 18, 2016, the final PTI Bylaws will be published. These will incorporate comments received through the ICANN public
comment process, which ran from July 12, 2016 to August 11, 2016. Once published, the PTI Bylaws will be ready for ICANN and PTI Board approval.
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On September 16, 2016, the ICANN-PTI Naming Function Agreement will be published. It is undergoing a 30-day ICANN public
comment process, which will close on September 9, 2016. The final Agreement will be published on September 16, 2016. Once published, the Agreement will be ready for ICANN and
PTI Board approval and signature.
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The customer service complaint and escalation mechanisms defined by the domain names community were incorporated into the Naming Function Agreement.
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On September 16, 2016, the ICANN-PTI Services Agreement will be published. It is currently being reviewed and discussed
with the community. Once published, the Agreement will be ready forICANN and PTI Board approval and signature.
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Several agreements and documents are complete and ready for signature or Board approval, which will be complete in advance of September 20, 2016:
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On August 2, 2016, the ICANN-PTI Protocol Parameter Subcontracting
Agreement was completed and is ready for ICANN and PTI signature.
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On August 9, 2016, the ICANN Board approved the Root
Zone Maintainer Agreement. ICANN, Verisign, and NTIA will coordinate a date to sign
it.
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On August 11, 2016, the Service Level Expectations (SLEs) for the domain names community were completed and are ready for incorporation into the final Naming Function
Agreement. The Naming Function Agreement requires ICANN and PTI Board approval.
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On August 11, 2016 the ICANN-PTI Numbers Subcontracting Agreement was completed and is ready for ICANN and
PTI signature.
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On August 12, 2016, the PTI governance documents, including the conflict of interest policy, Board code of conduct and expected standards of behavior were completed
after an ICANNpublic comment process and are ready for PTI Board adoption.
ICANN, working with the multistakeholder community, confirms that all required IANA functions stewardship transition
tasks specified in NTIA's June 9, 2016 letter are complete, and all other tasks in support of the IANA stewardship transition are
either in a final review stage or awaiting approval, which will be complete in advance of September 30, 2016 to allow the IANA functions contract to expire.
Review the IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal Implementation Planning Status Report for more information: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-stewardship-implementation-planning-status-12aug16-en.pdf [PDF,
932 KB].
Yuko Green
Strategic Programs Manager
Global Domains Division
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Direct Line: +1 310 578 8693
Mobile: +1 310 745 1517
E-mail:
yuko.green@icann.org