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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0E101A">Dear All, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#0E101A">The Universal Acceptance (UA) Steering Group (UASG) through its measurement working group (WG) is inviting qualified contractors to apply for the statement of work (SOW) for the test plan
and pilot study of UA in the content management systems and website builders.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0E101A">The SOW document is available at
</span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/TUA/UA+Statements+of+Work">https://community.icann.org/display/TUA/UA+Statements+of+Work</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#0E101A">Kindly share the SOW with your network and relevant mailing lists.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Proposals<span style="color:#0E101A"> should be submitted to <a href="mailto:UAProgram@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#4A6EE0">UAProgram@icann.org</span></a> before 23:00 UTC on 24<sup>th</sup> August
2020.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#0E101A">Thank you </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Mohamed (Mo) Elbashir</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#595959">Universal Acceptance (UA) Program Manager</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;background:white">The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</span><span style="color:#595959">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#595959">One World, One Internet</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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