[Npoc-discuss] Fwd: [liaison6c] call for comments: Initial Report on Data & Metrics for Policy Making

Olévié Kouami olivierkouami at gmail.com
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From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen at icann.org>
Date: 2015-07-30 13:16 GMT+01:00
Subject: [liaison6c] call for comments: Initial Report on Data & Metrics
for Policy Making
To: liaison6c <liaison6c at gnso.icann.org>


https://www.icann.org/public-comments/data-metrics-policy-making-2015-07-29-en

Comments close in 39 Days
Contents

   - Brief Overview
   <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/data-metrics-policy-making-2015-07-29-en#brief>
      - Submit Comment to Forum <comments-data-metrics-29jul15 at icann.org>
      - Comments Forum
      <http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-data-metrics-29jul15>
   - Section I: Description, Explanation & Purpose
   <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/data-metrics-policy-making-2015-07-29-en#section1>
   - Section II: Background
   <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/data-metrics-policy-making-2015-07-29-en#section2>
   - Section III: Relevant Resources
   <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/data-metrics-policy-making-2015-07-29-en#section3>
   - Section IV: Additional Information
   <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/data-metrics-policy-making-2015-07-29-en#section4>
   - Section V: Reports
   <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/data-metrics-policy-making-2015-07-29-en#section5>
   - Staff Contact
   <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/data-metrics-policy-making-2015-07-29-en#staff_contact>

Brief Overview

*Purpose:* This public comment proceeding seeks to obtain community input
on the Initial Report from the GNSO's Working Group (WG) on possible
recommendations for the use of Data and Metrics for Policy Making.  The
WG's intent is to develop solutions that will improve the way in which
consensus policies are developed and help ensure that the most critical
registrant, registry, and registrar issues are addressed by evolving the
culture to better informed, fact-based policy development and
decision-making.

*Next Steps:* After close of the public comment period, the WG will review
the submitted comments and update the report as agreed upon, thus producing
the Final Report for submission to the GNSO Council.
Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose

The Data & Metrics for Policy Making Working Group (WG) is exploring
opportunities to review standard methodologies of reporting and metrics
that could better inform fact-based policy development and decision making;
including how the community can collaborate with Contracted Parties and
other service providers in the sharing of metrics and data.

The WG's charter contains eight specific questions for the WG, derived from
the Final Issue Report that was published in March 2013. The Charter
questions cover issues including:

   - The question “which comes first, policy-process or definitive data
   describing the problem?” along with suggestions as to how data can be
   gathered when it has not yet been included in the reporting process.
   - How processes can be continuously improved, simplified and made more
   consistent for people wishing to either report a problem or learn about
   their options when their problem falls outside ICANN policy;
   - Principles that enhance metrics and data available to better inform
   the GNSO policy development process;
   - Improved understanding of the limits of ICANN policies regarding data
   measurement and tracking and other options to pursue if an issue is not
   covered by policies that gather data
   - Mechanisms whereby GNSO working groups can request information (both
   internal to ICANN or external, including GNSO contracted parties) which
   support fact-based policy-making;
   - Mechanisms to ensure appropriate safeguards with regard to the
   confidentiality of certain types of information;
   - A framework for distributing information to the GNSO policy-making
   community with the intent of both informing those groups and providing the
   ongoing basis for identifying and correcting problem-reporting and
   data-collection problems;
   - Any changes needed to incorporate the processes described above into
   the ongoing Policy Development Process.

Opportunities discovered by the group include:

   - Improve the way in which Consensus Policies are developed and help
   ensure that the most critical registrant, registry, and registrar issues
   are addressed
   - Evolve culture to better informed, fact-based policy development and
   decision making
   - Base deliberations and decisions on tangible evidence as opposed to
   “gut feeling” or anecdotal evidence
   - Instill notion of continuous improvement to the policy process and
   effectiveness consensus policy implementations

Key Definitions:

   - *Data*: Individual facts, a set of values, statistics, or items of
   information
   - *Metrics*: A set of measurements that help quantify results, which
   allows for better determination of the level of success against a set of
   goals

The WG’s preliminary recommendations include:

   - Initiation of a pilot effort whereby the GNSO community at the early
   stages of the policy process (Issue Identification or Working Groups) can
   submit tactical sized requests for data and metrics to assist in validation
   of issues or to better inform policy deliberations
   - Creation of WG work product templates (Charter, Final Report)
   including updates to the GNSO’s Operating Procedures and Working Group
   Guidelines (WGG)
   - Update to the Charter template to assist drafting teams in determining
   key metrics to be used to meet the goals of resolving issues
   - Updates to the Final Report template with a standard but modifiable
   recommendation forcing a review of the policies implemented at a future
   date to determine if it met the stated intent
   - Creation of a Metrics Request Decision Tree and Request Form to
   formalize the request process; including inclusion into the WGG.

Following analysis of all public comments received, the WG will finalize
its recommendations and prepare a Final Report for delivery to the GNSO
Council, for its review and action.
Section II: Background

The 2010 Registration Abuse Policies Working Group (RAPWG) identified the
Meta Issue: Uniformity of Reporting which it described as "need for more
uniformity in the mechanisms to initiate, track, and analyze
policy-violation reports."  The RAPWG recommended in its Final Report that
"the GNSO and the larger ICANN community in general, create and support
uniform problem-reporting and report-tracking processes."

The GNSO Council recommended the creation of an Issue Report to further
research metrics and reporting needs in hopes to improve the policy
development process.  The report created by ICANN staff outlined
accomplishments regarding reporting and metrics by the Contractual
Compliance function and it also reviewed other reporting sources that may
be of relevance.  The GNSO Council subsequently adopted the recommendation
to form this non-PDP Working Group tasked with exploring opportunities for
developing reporting and metrics processes and/or appropriate standardized
methodologies that could better inform fact-based policy development and
decision making.

The WG has developed preliminary recommendations for a number of the
charter questions it was tasked to address, which are described in its Initial
Report
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/report-gnso-data-metrics-policy-making-initial-29jul15-en.pdf>
[PDF, 395 KB].  Those recommendations that contain suggested edits to the
GNSO's Operating Procedures are also included in a redline version
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/gnso-operating-procedures-redline-29jul15-en.pdf>
[PDF, 768 KB] should the WG's recommendations be adopted by the GNSO
Council.
Section III: Relevant Resources

   - Working Group Initial Report:
   https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/report-gnso-data-metrics-policy-making-initial-29jul15-en.pdf
   - Redline of GNSO Operating Procedures:
   https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/gnso-operating-procedures-redline-29jul15-en.pdf
   - Working Group Charter:
   http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/dmpm-charter-23jan14-en.pdf
   - DMPM Project Page:
   http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/dmpm
   - DMPM Wiki: https://community.icann.org/display/marwg

Section IV: Additional Information

Note that a few of the WG’s recommendations suggest updates to the GNSO’s
Operating Guidelines; specifically Annex 1 "GNSO Working Group Guidelines"
and Annex 2 "Policy Development Process Manual”. The recommendations within
the Initial Report include the proposed changes or creation of new
material. A redline version of GNSO’s Operating Guidelines are included to
highlight the possible updates to this document should the GNSO Council
adopt the WG’s recommendations.
Section V: Reports Staff Contact

Steve Chan

steve.chan at icann.org





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