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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Edward Morris<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 7:51 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span>"<a href="mailto:ccwg-accountability4@icann.org" target="_blank">ccwg-accountability4@icann.org</a>"<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[ST-WP] Additional Stress Test for consideration<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">During a call today regarding ICANN’s transition and accountability, David Post called for development of a stress test we don’t currently have. I’d like to present it to the sub-group for consideration with the recommendation we act positively
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<p class="MsoNormal">This would belong in Stress Test Category Four: Failure of Accountability.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The problem is one some of us believe we’ve encountered with increasing frequency at ICANN: staff substituting their policy preferences for the policy developed through proper processes. Staff could do this intentionally or unintentionally.
The result is the same.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In this scenario a policy is properly developed (most often through a PDP) but when implementing the policy staff creates processes that effectively change or negate the policy developed.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is a major accountability problem and we don’t seem to be testing to ensure we have proper accountability processes in place to deal with it. I’d suggest we do so. I’m happy to help with this as needed.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for considering.</p>
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