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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">How can there be a request for information for a controversial directory service that HAS NOT BEEN CREATED YET and an accreditation policy that HAS NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED YET by the GNSO?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Is the “expert working group” on a slippery slope toward creating de facto policy and then present the GNSO with a fait accompli?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Milton Mueller<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> owner-liaison6c@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-liaison6c@gnso.icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Glen de Saint Géry<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 11, 2014 6:26 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> liaison6c<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [liaison6c] Request for Information on Registration Directory Service User Accreditation (Available Until 10 March 2014)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-10feb14-en.htm"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-10feb14-en.htm</span></a><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Request for Information on Registration Directory Service User Accreditation (Available Until 10 March 2014)<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="date-display-single"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">10 February 2014</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ICANN is publishing </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/rfps/rds-user-accreditation-rfi-10feb14-en.pdf"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Request for Information (RFI)</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">[PDF, 787 KB] to identify any organizations capable of accrediting users of the new Registration Directory Service (RDS) now under consideration to replace the current WHOIS system. RDS users may include
(but are not limited to) Registrants, Proxy Service Providers and Customers, Internet Technical Staff, On-Line Service Providers, Individual and Business Internet Users, Internet Researchers, Intellectual Property Owners, Law Enforcement Agencies, Operations/Security
Incident Investigators, and others requesting gTLD domain name registration data for legitimate purposes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Purpose of RFI<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ICANN is releasing this Request for Information at the request of the Expert Working Group on Next Generation gTLD Directory Services (EWG). The EWG is now developing recommendations to identify a replacement
to the current WHOIS system that could better meet global Internet community needs for domain name registration data while offering greater privacy, accuracy, and accountability. With this Request for Information, the EWG seeks to solicit responses from organizations
that currently issue system access credentials to authorized members of their own community, using defined acceptance criteria. The EWG hopes to build upon existing membership or credentialing processes to fulfill RDS user accreditation needs, should ICANN
pursue RDS implementation in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The purpose of this RFI is purely informational – that is, to inform the development of policies and procedures that may follow the EWG's Final Report. As a result, potential Respondents responding to any future
RFP for the EWG Project will not be bound by the estimates, prices, or other information provided in response to this RFI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">RFI Attributes<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">RFI Availability Date: 10 February 2014<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Requirements and Instructions are more fully described in the
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/rfps/rds-user-accreditation-rfi-10feb14-en.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">RFI</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> [PDF, 787 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">RFI Close Date:
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">10 March 2014, 23:59 UTC</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">RFI Language: English only<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Responses should be submitted via email to
</span><a href="mailto:rfi-response@icann.org"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">rfi-response@icann.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The EWG greatly appreciates any insights on this topic from those organizations interested in sharing information about their services.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Background on the EWG Project<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In December 2012, ICANN announced the creation of an Expert Working Group (EWG) on next-generation gTLD Registration Directory Services, as a first step in fulfilling the ICANN Board's directive to help redefine
the purpose and provision of gTLD registration data. The EWG's findings are expected to serve as a foundation to help the GNSO create a new global policy for the provision of gTLD registration data.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A significant milestone was reached on
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-24jun13-en.htm"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">24 June 2013</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> with the
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-24jun13-en.htm"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">publication
</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">of the </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG)'s</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
Initial Report and FAQs, opening a consultation period with the ICANN community. The
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-24jun13-en.pdf"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Initial Report</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">[PDF, 1.70 MB] enumerated the users, purposes, data elements, recommended principles and features, and proposed model to guide the development of a next generation Registration Directory Service (RDS) to
replace WHOIS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Prior to the ICANN Meeting in Buenos Aires, the EWG published its
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/status-update-11nov13-en.pdf"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Status Update Report</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> [PDF, 2.26 MB] to highlight
the EWG's thinking on these and many other key issues. It also provides a great deal more detail on the analysis that lay behind the
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-24jun13-en.pdf"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Initial Report</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> [PDF, 1.70 MB].<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The EWG is currently in its research and information gathering phase. This RFI is one of several research efforts that the EWG is currently undertaking to ensure that its final recommendations are supported
by facts and informed by current practices.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The EWG expects to complete its recommendations in 2014, informed by Community feedback and in-depth analysis of selected areas, including the responses to this RFI. The EWG plans to reconvene in March 2014
to derive fact-based recommendations after carefully examining the results of its research, and expects to deliver its final report to the ICANN Board by June 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Questions<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If questions arise about this RFI regarding the EWG Project, please contact Margie Milam. Any such inquiries should be sent to:
</span><a href="mailto:rfi-response@icann.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">rfi-response@icann.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR">Glen de Saint Géry
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR">GNSO Secretariat
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR">http://gnso.icann.org</span></a><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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