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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> soac-chairs [mailto:soac-chairs-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>David Olive via soac-chairs<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 31, 2021 10:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> soac-chairs@icann.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Carlos Reyes <carlos.reyes@icann.org>; Jana Juginovic <jana.juginovic@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [soac-chairs] ICANN Launches Improved Public Comment Feature<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/icann-launches-improved-public-comment-feature-31-8-2021-en">https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/icann-launches-improved-public-comment-feature-31-8-2021-en</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ICANN Launches Improved Public Comment Feature<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/icann-launches-improved-public-comment-feature-31-8-2021-en"><span style="color:#047BC1">David Olive</span></a>, SVP, Policy Development Support & Managing Director – Washington, D.C.
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<p>Today, I am pleased to announce that the Information Transparency Initiative (ITI) has reached another important milestone with the release of an improved <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment"><span style="color:#047BC1">Public Comment feature</span></a>.
This enhanced feature is part of the ICANN organization's ongoing commitment to increase the findability and transparency of our information.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Feature Improvements<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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The ITI team has made several improvements including:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Submissions available in search results<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: inherit;margin:0.3125rem 0px 0.3125rem 1.5rem;padding:0.75rem;font-size:inherit;word-wrap: break-word">
Number of submissions published to individual proceedings available in real time<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: inherit;margin:0.3125rem 0px 0.3125rem 1.5rem;padding:0.75rem;font-size:inherit;word-wrap: break-word">
Filtered search by category or date range<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: inherit;margin:0.3125rem 0px 0.3125rem 1.5rem;padding:0.75rem;font-size:inherit;word-wrap: break-word">
Improved keyword(s) search for proceedings, submissions, and files<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: inherit;margin:0.3125rem 0px 0.3125rem 1.5rem;padding:0.75rem;font-size:inherit;word-wrap: break-word">
Email subscription alerts for individual proceedings and their submissions<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: inherit;margin:0.3125rem 0px 0.3125rem 1.5rem;padding:0.75rem;font-size:inherit;word-wrap: break-word">
New guided form submission feature<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: inherit;margin:0.3125rem 0px 0.3125rem 1.5rem;padding:0.75rem;font-size:inherit;word-wrap: break-word">
Submission management feature allowing individual users or ICANN groups to track their submissions<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: inherit;margin:0.3125rem 0px 0.3125rem 1.5rem;padding:0.75rem;font-size:inherit;word-wrap: break-word">
New consolidated <i>Other Public Consultations</i> pages to provide the community with a central location for other ICANN community surveys or public consultations that fall outside the Public Comment process<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: inherit;margin:0.3125rem 0px 0px 1.5rem;padding:0.75rem;font-size:inherit;word-wrap: break-word">
Improved layout and user experience<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Accessing Submissions and Subscriptions<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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To publish a submission or subscribe to Public Comment updates, you will need to create an <a href="https://account.icann.org/"><span style="color:#047BC1">ICANN Account</span></a> using a unique username and password. You will be asked to add basic profile
information. If you already have an ICANN Account, you can log into your account to publish a submission to a proceeding or sign up for Public Comment alerts.<o:p></o:p></p>
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For more information on publishing a Public Comment submission or how to subscribe to the latest Public Comment content, please read our <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/public-comment-submission-guidelines-26jul21-en.pdf"><span style="color:#047BC1">Public
Comment Step-by-Step Submission Guidelines</span></a>. You can also watch a <a href="https://icann.zoom.us/rec/share/yOsz6gE0lkRkXpB3M_n5HApBAkD6W8q3F2nuELx-onch74-s6I8CkSDVcLhRqGsh.aSkXyJ9Ep1vOFGp1"><span style="color:#047BC1">recorded training webinar</span></a> about
the improved Public Comment submission process.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">About Public Comment<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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Public Comment is a critical part of our multistakeholder model. It provides a mechanism by which stakeholders can have their opinions and recommendations documented in a formal, public manner. It presents the ICANN community with the chance to provide inputs
for consideration within ICANN's decision-making processes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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As I have <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/improving-the-public-comment-feature-an-information-transparency-initiative-update-7-2-2020-en"><span style="color:#047BC1">written about previously</span></a>, we received a lot of feedback from our
stakeholders and the ICANN community about the Public Comment information available on <a href="https://www.icann.org/"><span style="color:#047BC1">https://icann.org</span></a>. You told us that it was challenging to find information and that it was as equally
challenging to stay up to date on the latest Public Comment news. This feedback informed our requirements and recommendations for improving search, the submission process, and content subscriptions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank You to the Community<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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On behalf of the ITI and Policy Development teams, we'd like to extend a huge thank you to all the ICANN community members who took the time to participate in and provide feedback on how to improve Public Comment. Your input was invaluable, and we hope that
you can see the steady progress we are making at improving the findability of content on <a href="https://www.icann.org/"><span style="color:#047BC1">https://icann.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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If you want to learn more about ITI, visit <a href="https://www.icann.org/iti"><span style="color:#047BC1">https://www.icann.org/iti</span></a>. As always, if you have any questions or comments, please email the ITI team at: <a href="mailto:informationtransparency@icann.org"><span style="color:#047BC1">informationtransparency@icann.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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