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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Manal and GAC Members,</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are interested in the views of individual GAC members and observers, as well as the GAC as a whole, if you so wish, on the questions included in
</span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ssadodpgac"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">this survey</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> to help inform the work of the SSAD Operational Design Phase
as it relates to the accreditation of governmental entities and requests for disclosure of nonpublic gTLD registration data by governmental entities. We would appreciate your help in sharing this information with your GAC colleagues.
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Phase 2 work began in April 2019. Ultimately, the EPDP Phase 2 Team recommended
the creation of a System for Standardized Access/Disclosure (SSAD) in its </span>
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/epdp-phase-2-temp-spec-gtld-registration-data-2-31jul20-en.pdf"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Final Report</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
which was submitted to the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council on 31 July 2020. The GNSO Council adopted the
</span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/epdp-phase-2-temp-spec-gtld-registration-data-2-31jul20-en.pdf"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Final Recommendations</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
from the Phase 2 Final Report by a GNSO supermajority, and </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/fouquart-to-botterman-29oct20-en.pdf"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">transmitted</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
the Recommendations Report to the ICANN Board on 29 October 2020. Subsequently, on 25 March 2021, the Board
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2021-03-25-en#2.c"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">directed</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> the ICANN CEO to conduct an
Operational Design Phase (ODP) for the GNSO Council-approved recommendations #1 through #18 which relate to the SSAD, to help the Board’s consideration of the consensus policy recommendations. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The SSAD ODP team is contacting you today in relation to recommendation #2 of the EPDP Phase 2 Final Report, which refers to “Accreditation of governmental entities.” The
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ssad-non-public-registration-data-odp-scoping-25mar21-en.pdf"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">scoping document</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
created for the SSAD ODP covers Country/Territory/Governmental Accreditation in Section 3.1.2 under Operational Readiness. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As described in the EPDP Phase 2 Final Report, an “Accreditation Authority'' would confirm and verify the identity of a user (represented by an Identifier Credential). Accreditation
by a country or territory’s government body or its authorized body would be available to various eligible government entities that require access to nonpublic generic top-level domain (gTLD) registration data for the exercise of their public policy tasks.
In essence, the governmental accreditation authorities will be charged with verifying that entities that have a legitimate interest and/or legal basis in requesting access to nonpublic gTLD registration data via the SSAD as a government representative/agent
from their jurisdiction are who they claim to be (identity verification) and that the entities themselves have met the criteria for SSAD accreditation.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We respectfully request responses on any or all of the questions in the survey, as well as any further input the GAC deems relevant to the accreditation of governmental entities
and requests for disclosure of nonpublic registration data by governmental entities, by 17 September This timeline helps give us enough time to analyze and inform the work of the ODP. Please note, individual survey submissions by GAC members and observers
will remain anonymous. They will however be aggregated and used in the SSAD Operational Design Assessment (ODA) document which will summarize the SSAD ODP findings and be presented to the ICANN Board. More information on the SSAD ODP is available at
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/ssadodp"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://www.icann.org/ssadodp</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We appreciate your attention to this request. If you or any GAC members have questions about this survey or anything else regarding the SSAD ODP, please contact us by sending an
email to </span><a href="mailto:ODP-SSAD@icann.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">ODP-SSAD@icann.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. Please note, the full text of your email, including your
comment, name, and email address, will be published in the </span><a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/odp-ssad/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">archive on ICANN org’s website</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.
Note: The publication of emails may be delayed until after a mailing list moderator reviews the email in order to reduce off-topic messages and unsolicited commercial advertisements. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Eleeza Agopian</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Senior Director</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Strategic Initiatives, Global Domains and Strategy</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN</span></p>
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