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ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's system of unique identifiers. These include domain names (like .org, .museum and country codes like .UK), as well as the addresses used in a variety of Internet protocols. Computers use these identifiers to reach each other over the Internet. Careful management of these resources is vital to the Internet's operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders meet regularly to develop policies that ensure the Internet's ongoing security and stability. [Read More About ICANN]



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Recent Announcements

Addition to Website and Announcement of Information Page on Requests for New Registry Services
As part of ICANN's effort to support a timely, open and transparent process for the evaluation of new registry services, ICANN has today added a link in the Current Issues menu of the ICANN website to the Registry Services Evaluation Process. This page serves as the information area for the Registry Services Evaluation Policy and requests for new registry services.
13 September 2006

ICANN Releases Issues Paper for the July 2007 - June 2010 Strategic Plan
Based on consultations at the ICANN meeting in Marrakech (conducted in English, Spanish, French and Arabic), and feedback to questions posted in an online forum, ICANN has released an Issues Paper for the July 2007 - June 2010 Strategic Plan. Comments to the Issues paper can be posted to issues-paper-comments@icann.org and reviewed at http://forum.icann.org/lists/issues-paper-comments/.
13 September 2006

ICANN Announces Registry Services Technical Evaluation Panel and Launch of the Registry Request Service
ICANN is pleased to announce additional information regarding the process for considering proposed registry services including: description of process detail, the development of an online tool for submissions, and the introduction of the members of the Registry Services Technical Evaluation Panel...
30 August 2006

.AX Country Code Top Level Domain Becomes Operational
Last week, the Åland Islands country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) .AX announced that they had become operational. This follows formal approval of the new ccTLD by the ICANN Board on the 9th of June, 2006 and addition of the .AX domain to the root zone shortly afterwards...
23 August 2006

Comments Sought on Technical Checks Used for DNS Root Zone Changes
When performing the IANA Root Zone Management function, ICANN staff perform a series of tests on supplied name server technical data before they are entered into the root. We are seeking to review the tests, and comments are sought on what technical requirements are suitable for this service in the future...
18 August 2006

United States Department of Commerce Executes Contract for Technical Management of the Internet with ICANN
The United States Department of Commerce has executed a new contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to continue to perform the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) function...
15 August 2006

ICANN Nominating Committee Progress
After the revised close of the call for candidates for the ICANN Board, GNSO council, ccNSO Council and Interim ALAC, the Nominating Committee has received 89 Statements of Interest from members of the ICANN community and others interested in the positions...
9 August 2006

Proposed .BIZ, .INFO AND .ORG gTLD Registry Agreements
On 27 June 2006, ICANN posted for public information proposed new registry agreements for the operation of each of the .BIZ, .INFO and .ORG registries...
28 July 2006

ICANN Posts Proposed Registry Agreement for Designation of the .ASIA Registry
On 18 July 2006, ICANN's Board of Directors approved the posting for public comment of the proposed registry agreement between ICANN and DotAsia Organisation Limited. If approved by the ICANN Board, the agreement (Appendices) would designate DotAsia as the registry operator for the newly designated .ASIA registry. Additional information regarding the .ASIA application can be found at: http://www.icann.org/tlds/stld-apps-19mar04/...
28 July 2006



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