How will ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) handle the dilemma it has been put into by the community empowerment mechanism? The dilemma I am referring to is this: does the GAC want to participate in the community empowerment mechanism as an organization, with voting seats, or does it want to...
You may have noticed the hiatus in our coverage in July and early August. The reason? IGP has moved. After more than a decade at Syracuse University, the Internet Governance Project is now part of the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The move comes as...
Yesterday the US Government announced an extension of the IANA functions contract for another year. The move formally recognizes what everyone knew already, which is that the IANA stewardship transition and accountability reforms will not be completed in time for the September 30, 2015 target that we were aiming for...
The Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG) has released a second draft for public comment. While the group has been enormously successful debating and coming to consensus on key areas (e.g., strengthening the Independent Review Process and Reconsideration processes), there continue to be some sticking points where...