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==Final Report and Implementation==
Building on public comments to the draft report, as well as comments at ICANN meetings and the consumer trust survey, the RDS1 team submitted its final report on May 11, 2012<ref name="finalrep">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/final-report-11may12-en.pdf RDS1 Final Report], May 11, 2012</ref> The report contained sixteen recommendations connected to the findings of the review team, with five central themes:
*ICANN should make WHOIS Policy a strategic priority:
**craft a single WHOIS policy;
**improve outreach;
**create a detailed and comprehensive plan regarding implementation of report recommendations; and
**report annually on status and progress of implementation.
*ICANN should ensure that its compliance efforts conform to best practices.
*ICANN must improve WHOIS data accuracy (multiple recommendations).
*ICANN should improve data access:
**implement regulations for WHOIS privacy/proxy services; and
**overhaul [[InterNIC]] to improve usability.
*ICANN should implement changes to WHOIS to accommodate [[Internationalized Domain Name|internationalized]] domain names.

The [[ICANN Board]] acknowledged receipt of the report on June 23, 2012, and instructed the ICANN org to make recommendations regarding implementation of the recommendations.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2012-06-23-en#5 Resolution of the Board], June 23, 2012</ref> Public comment on the report was largely positive.<ref>[https://forum.icann.org/lists/whois-rt-final-report/ ICANN.org Listserv Archive - WHOIS Final Report]</ref> In November 2012, the Board acted on the final report by requesting an [[Issue Report|issue report]] on "the purpose of collecting and maintaining gTLD registration data, and on solutions to improve accuracy and access to gTLD registration data," with the intention of initiating a [[GNSO]] [[Policy Development Process|PDP]] on the topic.<ref name="boardres">[https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2012-11-08-en Resolution of the Board], November 8, 2012</ref> At the time, the GNSO was already engaged with its [[Policy Development Process for Thick WHOIS|"thick WHOIS"]] policy development process. The board also reaffirmed its commitment to enforcement and compliance efforts around registration data.<ref name="boardres" /> The board provided a summary of proposed actions on the recommendations of the report; in most cases, ICANN staff were directed to implement recommendations related to the improvement of existing policies and the continued negotiation of terms in the context of the [[New gTLD Program]] and other initiatives.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/bm/briefing-materials-1-08nov12-en.pdf Board Submission No. 2012-11-08-01 - WHOIS Review Team Recommendations], November 8, 2012 (PDF)</ref>

The final implementation report of RDS1 was issued in December 2016, marking implementation of all recommendations as complete.<ref name="impreport" />