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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For your Information, the Transparency Report has been posted for Public Comment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Karen Mulberry</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Multistakeholder Strategy and Strategic Initiatives (MSSI)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">From: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">ICANN News Alert <no-reply@external.icann.org><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>"no-reply@external.icann.org" <no-reply@external.icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 6:44 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Karen Mulberry <karen.mulberry@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Ext] ICANN News Alert -- Recommendations to Improve ICANN's Transparency<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2>News Alert<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Recommendations to Improve ICANN's Transparency<o:p></o:p></h2>
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21 February 2017<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">10 April 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial">Brief Overview:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:Arial">Purpose:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial"> This Public Comment seeks community input on the CCWG-Accountability Work Stream 2 draft recommendations to improve ICANN's transparency. These draft recommendations
were developed by the CCWG-Accountability as required by Annex 12 of the final report of the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability, Work Stream 1).
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:Arial">Current Status:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial"> The CCWG-Accountability reviewed these draft recommendations at its 8 February 2017 plenary meeting and approved their publication to gather public comments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:Arial">Next Steps:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial"> Following the public comment period the inputs will be analyzed by the CCWG-Accountability WS2 who will consider amending its recommendations in light of
the comments received and will publish a report on the results of the public consultation. If significant changes are required as a result of the public consultation the CCWG-Accountability WS2 may opt to have a second public consultation on the amended recommendations.
If there are no significant changes required, the CCWG-Accountability WS2 will forward the final recommendations on improving ICANN's Transparency to its Chartering Organizations for approval and then to the ICANN Board for consideration and adoption.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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