The Chair of the ccNSO’s working group on delegation, re-delegation and retirement of ccTLD’s is pleased to announce the publication of the working groups Issue Analysis report [PDF, 1.16 MB].

The GNSO Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group has published its Initial Report today. The PEDNR WG was tasked to address questions in relation to what extent should registrants be able to reclaim their domain names after they expire. At issue is whether the current policies of registrars on the renewal, transfer and deletion of expired domain names are adequate.

The Registration Abuse Policies Working Group has published its Final Report today. Following a public comment period on its Initial Report, the Working Group reviewed the comments received and issued this Final Report

The Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part B Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group has published its Initial Report today.

In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat ( gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org ) to receive the call details.

The Chair of the ccNSO’s Internationalised Domain Name Country Code Policy Development Process Working Group ( IDN ccPDP WG ) for the selection and delegation of IDN ccTLDs is pleased to announce the publication of the Chairs draft Interim Paper [PDF, 170 KB]. The purpose of this paper is to report to the community on structure and potential directions of the recommendations for the overall policy.

A working group has been formed by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communicationsto consider whether there is a demand in the country for new generic Top Level Domainssuch as .OSLO or .TRONDELAG. The Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority will chair the group. Norid, the registry for .NO domain names, will be represented in the working group together with several other experts and stakeholders, such as the Consumer Council of Norway, the Norwegian Industrial Property Office and Abelia – the Business Association of Norwegian knowledge and technology based enterprises, and the University of Oslo, Faculty of Law.

ICANN has given another update on the situation with their planning to deal with the security issues at the upcoming meeting in Nairobi in March. While they continue to monitor the situation, there will also be increased access to remote participation and there is a board meeting scheduled for 19 February to “give the Board a final opportunity to review the situation and plans.” There will also be a policy update briefing meeting provided by ICANN Policy Staff on Thursday, 25 February at 13.00 and 19.00 UTC, summarising policy issues across the different ICANN Supporting Organizations, namely the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) and Address Supporting Organization (ASO). Amongst other topics, updates will be provided on: GNSO Improvements GNSO Registration Abuse Policies Working Group GNSO Whois Studies GNSO Vertical Integration Policy Development Process ccNSO IDN PDP ccNSO Delegation and Re-delegation Working Group ccNSO Strategic and Operational Plan Working Group ASO Global policy for handling IPv4 address space

Cybersquatting: recommending the initiation of a Policy Development Process to investigate the current state of the UDRP.