Dear colleagues, As part of the ongoing RFP for an ICANN designated Agent for Data Escrow Services (https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2017-08-17-en) and in an effort to improve the Registrar Data Escrow process, ICANN plans to update the existing RRI system to add support for approved Registrar Data Escrow Agents, and optionally for Registrars, to submit Data Escrow notifications to ICANN. This update aims to facilitate tracking of any outstanding Data Escrow reporting, and Registrars will have the option to monitor their Data Escrow status. Attached you will find the proposed specification draft-icann-registrar-interfaces. I have also attached the proposed updates required in the draft-lozano-icann-registry-interfaces and daft-arias-noguchi-dnrd-objects-mapping specifications to support the new registrar Data Escrow functionality. The new and updated specifications are planned to be published as IETF internet-drafts. It is important to clarify that the Registry Data Escrow process remains unaffected by the proposed updates to the draft-lozano-icann-registry-interfaces and daft-arias-noguchi-dnrd-objects-mapping specifications. Please note that although the draft-icann-registrar-interfaces specification includes functionality to support data escrow notifications to be submitted by Registrars, this specification does not impose any obligation for Registrars to provide these notifications to ICANN. Your feedback on this topic is welcome. If you wish to provide any comments, please send them to the gtld-tech@icann.org mailing list by 27 November 2017. An informative session is also planned to take place on 01 November 2017 at 13:00 UTC during the upcoming ICANN60 meeting in Abu Dhabi to address this topic. Regards, Eduardo Alvarez GDD Technical Services Sr. Manager ICANN