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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The ICANN Business Constituency (BC)
<u>supports</u> the proposed amendment to <span style="color:black;background:white">
the </span><a href="https://pti.icann.org/iana-naming-function-services-service-level-agreements"><span style="color:black;background:white;text-decoration:none">IANA Naming Function Contract</span></a>:<span style="color:black;background:white">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Article VII, Section 7.1 (a):</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">This statement, "The relevant policies under which the changes are made shall be noted within each monthly report," be removed from the contract as it
is a legacy statement from the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">NTIA<span style="color:black;background:white"> contract that is no longer required. Implementation of this requirement has long been recognized as being operationally impracticable ever
since the time of the </span>NTIA<span style="color:black;background:white"> contract, and the IFRT is satisfied that its continued inclusion in the contract adds no value to the reports.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This comment was approved in accord with our charter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Steve DelBianco</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Vice Chair for Policy Coordination </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ICANN Business Constituency (BC) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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