[CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update

Tue Jul 19 22:22:06 UTC 2016

This seems weird. Why not disclose this? And what the general purpose of the contracts cover?
I also wonder why I have seen a few of these folks sitting in on meetings that are not related, and that they seem to be either representing parts of the community as well as ICANN? That seems to be a conflict of interest. 
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From: Brett.Schaefer at heritage.org
To: xavier.calvez at icann.org
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 17:04:10 +0000
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Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update

Xavier,

Are you saying that ICANN’s contracts for Education/Engagement/Advice with (1) Albright Stonebridge Group LLC, (2) Edelman, (3) Interface Media, (4) Rice Hadley Gates LLC, (5) Summit Strategies
 International LLC, (6) WBC Global, and (7) Wiley Rein LLP each contain confidentiality provisions that prohibit ICANN from disclosing the specific amount paid to each of these individual vendors?

Does this only apply to the CCWG and the public or does it also apply to other parts of the ICANN community, specifically the Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees?

Thank you for the link on lobbying disclosures. For those who are interested, here are ICANN’s lobbying expenditures based on the disclosure website of the U.S. Congress.

I do have a couple of additional questions. Would this source capture lobbying exclusively directed toward the US Executive Branch? Has ICANN spent any funds during this period lobbying governments
 other than the US? 

Thank you,

Brett 

Brett
Schaefer

Jay Kingham Senior Research Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs

Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy

The Heritage Foundation

214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE

Washington, DC 20002

202-608-6097

heritage.org

From: Xavier J. Calvez [mailto:xavier.calvez at icann.org]

Sent: Monday, July 18, 2016 6:30 PM

To: Schaefer, Brett

Cc: community-finance at icann.org; cwg-stewardship at icann.org; CCWG-Accountability; Executive Team; COMMS Team; icann-board at icann.org; Finance Staff

Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update

Brett,
Yes, the information I provided in my latest email had been included in some previous communication. I just wanted to make sure you had a clear visibility on this information, which provides for (i) categories
 of expenses, (ii) the individual names of the vendors grouped for each category, and (iii) the total value of the expenses for each category.
With respect to the contractual obligations of confidentiality in commercial contracts, ICANN is subject to them, like all business organizations. That said, we disclose what we can consistent with standard business
 confidentiality provisions in vendor contracts. We cannot disclose the specific amount of spend with each vendor but we were able to disclose the names of the service providers engaged.
Regarding the lobbying expenses, as you are aware, both organizations that hire lobbyists and firms that lobby on behalf of organizations are required under U.S. federal law to file lobbying disclosure reports.
 In addition to ICANN’s quarterly lobbying disclosures posted on our website, you can find the amounts ICANN has paid to individual outside lobbying firms at
http://disclosures.house.gov/ld/ldsearch.aspx.
I hope this helps and clarifies.

Thank you.

Best,

Xavier

Xavier Calvez

ICANN

CFO

12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300

Los Angeles, CA 90094

Office     : +1 (310) 301 5838

Mobile   : +1 (805) 312 0052

Fax                          : +1 (310) 957-2348

From: "Schaefer, Brett" <Brett.Schaefer at heritage.org>

Date: Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 7:07 AM

To: Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez at icann.org>

Cc: "community-finance at icann.org" <community-finance at icann.org>, "cwg-stewardship at icann.org" <cwg-stewardship at icann.org>,
 CCWG-Accountability <accountability-cross-community at icann.org>, Executive Team <executive-team at icann.org>, COMMS Team <commsteam at icann.org>,
 "icann-board at icann.org" <icann-board at icann.org>, Finance Staff <finance-staff at icann.org>

Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update

Xavier,

This is pretty much the same information that was provided before. I am asking for a breakdown of how much was paid to each vender in the lobbying category (Akin Gump, etc.) and the education/engagement/advice category (Albright Stoneridge,
 etc.). 

Thank you,

 Brett

On Jul 13, 2016, at 8:13 PM, Xavier J. Calvez <xavier.calvez at icann.org> wrote:

Dear Brett,
In response to your question listed below on 22 June: the detailed information provided on Other professional fees (other than legal fees, detailed in a separate section
 of the “Transition project cost” expense webpage, on the IANA Stewardship Transition webpage) can be found in the section called “Professional Services – Expenses Breakdown”.
 Within this section, you will find a link to a document that provides the list of Professional Services (other than legal fees) incurred, by category, with the names of the vendors, and the total amount of expenditures for the category.
This link is copied below and was provided in my first answer to your question. I have also attached the file to which this link refers in case the link would not work
 for you.
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-stewardship-expenses-professional-vendor-01jun16-en.pdf
If this not addressing your question, please let me know.

Thank you.

Best,

Xavier

Xavier Calvez

ICANN

CFO

12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300

Los Angeles, CA 90094

Office     : +1 (310) 301 5838

Mobile   : +1 (805) 312 0052

Fax                          : +1 (310) 957-2348

Brett
Schaefer

Jay Kingham Senior Research Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs

Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy

The Heritage Foundation

214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE

Washington, DC 20002

202-608-6097

heritage.org

From: Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez at icann.org>

Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 9:45 AM

To: "Schaefer, Brett" <Brett.Schaefer at heritage.org>, "community-finance at icann.org" <community-finance at icann.org>,
 "cwg-stewardship at icann.org" <cwg-stewardship at icann.org>, CCWG-Accountability <accountability-cross-community at icann.org>

Cc: Executive Team <executive-team at icann.org>, COMMS Team <commsteam at icann.org>, "icann-board at icann.org" <icann-board at icann.org>,
 Finance Staff <finance-staff at icann.org>

Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update

Brett,
Thank you for following up.
I will make sure to respond no later than the end of this week.

Thank you.

Best,

Xavier

Xavier Calvez

ICANN

CFO

12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300

Los Angeles, CA 90094

Office     : +1 (310) 301 5838

Mobile   : +1 (805) 312 0052

Fax                          : +1 (310) 957-2348

From: "Schaefer, Brett" <Brett.Schaefer at heritage.org>

Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 11:38 AM

To: Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez at icann.org>, "community-finance at icann.org" <community-finance at icann.org>, "cwg-stewardship at icann.org"
 <cwg-stewardship at icann.org>, CCWG-Accountability <accountability-cross-community at icann.org>

Cc: Executive Team <executive-team at icann.org>, COMMS Team <commsteam at icann.org>, "icann-board at icann.org" <icann-board at icann.org>,
 Finance Staff <finance-staff at icann.org>

Subject: RE: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update

Xavier,

Thanks for promising to get this information to me in Helsinki. Do you have an estimate for when it will be provided?

Thanks,

Brett 

Brett
Schaefer

Jay Kingham Senior Research Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs

Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy

The Heritage Foundation

214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE

Washington, DC 20002

202-608-6097

heritage.org

From: Schaefer, Brett

Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 2:39 PM

To: 'Xavier J. Calvez'; community-finance at icann.org;
cwg-stewardship at icann.org; CCWG-Accountability

Cc: Executive Team; COMMS Team; icann-board at icann.org; Finance Staff

Subject: RE: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update

Xavier,

I appreciate the detailed breakdown on the legal fees That is indeed what I was looking for though I would think it useful to have the totals provided in the summary document.

However, I did not see similar information for lobbying or education/ engagement/advice in the links provided. In fact, the only specific information that I saw listed is for Jamie Hedlund at
 $200,000. No information on other individual firms or vendors is listed at all – only the top line budget expenditure in the summary document link originally sent around.

Could you provide that information?

Thanks,

Brett 

From: Xavier J. Calvez [mailto:xavier.calvez at icann.org]

Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 10:43 AM

To: Schaefer, Brett; community-finance at icann.org;
cwg-stewardship at icann.org; CCWG-Accountability

Cc: Executive Team; COMMS Team; icann-board at icann.org; Finance Staff

Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update

Dear all,
It appears that the first link in my email further below (detail of legal fees by firm) does not resolve correctly. Please use the below instead.
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-stewardship-expenses-legal-firm-fy16-01jun16-en.pdf

Thank you.

Best,

Xavier

Xavier Calvez

ICANN

CFO

12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300

Los Angeles, CA 90094

Office     : +1 (310) 301 5838

Mobile   : +1 (805) 312 0052

Fax                          : +1 (310) 957-2348

From: Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez at icann.org>

Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 1:01 PM

To: "Schaefer, Brett" <Brett.Schaefer at heritage.org>, "community-finance at icann.org" <community-finance at icann.org>,
 "cwg-stewardship at icann.org" <cwg-stewardship at icann.org>, CCWG-Accountability <accountability-cross-community at icann.org>

Cc: Executive Team <executive-team at icann.org>, COMMS Team <commsteam at icann.org>, "icann-board at icann.org" <icann-board at icann.org>,
 Finance Staff <finance-staff at icann.org>

Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update

Dear Brett,
Thank you for your interest and question.
We currently publish the list of all vendors from whom ICANN obtain services in relation to the IANA Stewardship transition. The $$ value of the services received is aggregated
 by category of expenses, which you mention below (US Government affairs, Education/engagement/advice,…). This presentation is driven by 2 factors: providing clarity as to the type of services received, and abiding by the contractual obligation of confidentiality
 in force with each of the vendors (resulting from standard business sensitive information).
We do publish however the detail of the legal advice, by firm and by working group, on this same page (see for example the link to the report of fees by firm:
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-stewardship-expenses-legal-firm-fy16-01jun16-en.pdf).
You will also find more information relative to ICANN’s lobbying in the following blog published a few months ago. In this blog, you will also find links to the disclosure reports that ICANN makes on lobbying
 activities.
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/lobbying-disclosures-contributions-2015-11-18-en.
Lastly, further information on lobbying appears in ICANN’s form 990 (Schedule C, Part II-B. On page 33/73 of the FY15 form 990 published at the following link):
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/fy-2015-form-990-10may16-en.pdf

I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have further questions.

Thank you.

Best,

Xavier

Xavier Calvez

ICANN

CFO

12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300

Los Angeles, CA 90094

Office     : +1 (310) 301 5838

Mobile   : +1 (805) 312 0052

Fax                          : +1 (310) 957-2348

From: "Schaefer, Brett" <Brett.Schaefer at heritage.org>

Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 9:54 PM

To: Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez at icann.org>, "community-finance at icann.org" <community-finance at icann.org>, "cwg-stewardship at icann.org"
 <cwg-stewardship at icann.org>, CCWG-Accountability <accountability-cross-community at icann.org>

Cc: Executive Team <executive-team at icann.org>, COMMS Team <commsteam at icann.org>, "icann-board at icann.org" <icann-board at icann.org>,
 Finance Staff <finance-staff at icann.org>

Subject: RE: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update

Xavier, 

Thank you. Could you please provide a more detailed breakdown of legal advice, US government affairs, and educations/engagement/advice? In each category, there are multiple firms/vendors listed
 (https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-stewardship-expenses-professional-vendor-01jun16-en.pdf). I would appreciate the amount
 provided to each individual vendor. If it is provided somewhere, I would appreciate you letting me know where to find it.

Much appreciated,

Brett 

Brett
Schaefer

Jay Kingham Senior Research Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs

Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy

The Heritage Foundation

214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE

Washington, DC 20002

202-608-6097

heritage.org

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accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org]
On Behalf Of Xavier J. Calvez

Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2016 12:10 AM

To: community-finance at icann.org;
cwg-stewardship at icann.org; CCWG-Accountability

Cc: Executive Team; COMMS Team; icann-board at icann.org; Finance Staff

Subject: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update

Dear all,
You find at the link below the updated project’s expenses as of FY16 Q3 (from July 2014 to March 2016). As indicated a few months ago, we have added new detailed information on the staff support with the individual
 positions, names and percentages of effort over the period.

https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iana-stewardship-project-costs

Thank you.

Best,

Xavier

Xavier Calvez

ICANN

CFO

12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300

Los Angeles, CA 90094

Office     : +1 (310) 301 5838

Mobile   : +1 (805) 312 0052

Fax          : +1 (310) 957-2348

<iana-stewardship-expenses-professional-vendor-01jun16-en.pdf>

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