SSAD SRT, I want to flag for everyone this 13 May letter from ICANN Board chair Tripti Sinha to Council Chair Susan Payne: https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/correspondence/sinha-to-payne-2-13-05-202... [itp.cdn.icann.org]<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1GpIFiWr_TmLfrgbK5-ZLS2Db0ClYvvnj4cKQuQEpI-8dE2...>. This letter is in response to a previous letter sent from Susan to Tripti: https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/correspondence/payne-to-sinha-29-04-2026-... [itp.cdn.icann.org]<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1Mctt2y7y4NwTxuF8byzm0Ed_9RodJnD38IuJhXqSC8V4qq...>. Tripti notes that Org has updated the Registration Data Policy to include urgent requests and more specifically a 24-hour timeline to respond to authenticated urgent requests. She goes on to note the "potential policy gap" in registration data policy recommendations and an authentication mechanism for urgent requests. Further information on this is available in Susan's letter to Tripti, our assignment form: https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2026/agenda/gnso-council-s... [gnso.icann.org]<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1Oh_ssbEdJXlelHJEaTza98mN7T5-scfwvXZajz7xBSzhXt...> and for more detailed background in the Policy Alignment Analysis document linked to in our assignment form: https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/registration-data-request-service-rdrs/re... [itp.cdn.icann.org]<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1NLWcQLpX8aMwxamLdCKNpBkp-z1T3fUNmCf2syAVWZ8ax9...>. There isn't a specific assignment associated with this (yet) but I wanted to call it out for everyone's general awareness since it overlaps with our work. Best, Marc Anderson