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Operational Consultations

A vital element of ICANN's accountability and transparency is the opportunity for operational consultation and feedback on various ICANN topics. This page provides a summary of available operational consultations to help individuals and the community easily locate topics of interest. More information on each topic can be obtained by following the link provided for said topic.

Topic	ICANN Staff Contact
Registry Service Evaluation Process (RSEP) Interested parties may comment on the RSEP policy implementation or any service posted on this page.	Russ Weinstein
Authorization Process for Release of Two-Character ASCII Labels Governments can comment on release of two-character labels from reservation and registries may respond with the measures they plan to implement to avoid confusion.	Russ Weinstein
Request for Specification 13 to the Base Registry Agreement Interested parties may comment for 30-days on applications to add Specification 13. .BRAND TLD Provisions, to the Base Registry Agreement.	Russ Weinstein
Request for exemption to the Code of Conduct (COC) of the Base Registry Agreement Interested parties may comment or 30-days on Registry Operator requests for exemption from Specification 9 of the Registry Agreement, the Registry Operator Code of Conduct.	Russ Weinstein
Registry Agreement (RA) Termination Interested parties may comment for 30-days on ICANN's preliminary determination on whether to transition operation of a terminating Registry to a successor registry operator.	Russ Weinstein
Accountability and Transparency Review The Board, no less frequently than every five years, shall cause a periodic review of ICANN's execution of its commitment to maintain and improve robust mechanisms for public input, accountability, and transparency so as to ensure that the outcomes of its decision-making reflect the public interest and are accountable to the Internet community.	Lars Hoffmann
Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review A review to assess the extent to which the introduction or expansion of gTLDs has promoted competition, consumer trust and consumer choice. Additionally, the review considers the effectiveness of the New gTLD Round's application and evaluation process and safeguards put in place to mitigate issues arising from the New gTLD Round	Negar Farzinnia
Registration Directory Service Review A review to examine the effectiveness of the then current gTLD registry directory service and whether its implementation meets the legitimate needs of law enforcement, promoting consumer trust and safeguarding registrant data.	Negar Farzinnia
Security, Stability and Resiliency Review A review of ICANN's execution of its commitment to enhance the operational stability, reliability, resiliency, security, and global interoperability of the systems and processes, both internal and external, that directly affect and/or are affected by the Internet's system of unique identifiers that ICANN coordinates.	Negar Farzinnia
Address Supporting Organization Review A review to assess the performance and operation of the Address Supporting Organization (ASO), provided, according to the ASO Memorandum of Understanding with ICANN, by the Number Resource Organization's (NRO) own mechanisms.	Lars Hoffmann
At-Large Review A review to assess the performance and operation of the At-Large organization, according to ICANN Bylaws, Section 4.4.	Lars Hoffmann
Country Codes Names Supporting Organization Review A review to assess the performance and operation of the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO), according to ICANN Bylaws, Section 4.4.	Lars Hoffmann
Generic Names Supporting Organization Review A review to assess the performance and operation of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), according to ICANN Bylaws, Section 4.4.	Lars Hoffmann
Nominating Committee Review A review to assess the performance and operation of the Nominatin Committee (NomCom), according to ICANN Bylaws, Section 4.4..	Lars Hoffmann
Root Server System Advisory Committee Review A review to assess the performance and operation of the Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC), according to ICANN Bylaws, Section 4.4.	Lars Hoffmann
Security and Stability Advisory Committee Review A review to assess the performance and operation of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC), according to ICANN Bylaws, Section 4.4.	Lars Hoffmann
IANA Stewardship Implementation Latest updates, documents, and discussions relating to the implementation of the IANA Stewardship Transition.	Trang Nguyen