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===TAS Delays and Closing of the Application Window===

===TAS Delays and Closing of the Application Window===

On April 12, 2002, ICANN's Chief Operating Officer, [[Akram Atallah]] issued a statement, just hours before TAS was scheduled to close as per the set application window, acknowledging that a a possible glitch in the TLD application system software caused a limited number of users to see the file names and user names of other users. He said that ICANN decided to shut down the system until April 17 to protect applicants' information. Mr. Atallah also said that ICANN is investigating how the problem happened and that necessary measures would be undertaken to resolve the situation. <ref>

On April 12, 2012, ICANN's Chief Operating Officer, [[Akram Atallah]] issued a statement, just hours before TAS was scheduled to close as per the set application window, acknowledging that a a possible glitch in the TLD application system software caused a limited number of users to see the file names and user names of other users. He said that ICANN decided to shut down the system until April 17 to protect applicants' information. Mr. Atallah also said that ICANN is investigating how the problem happened and that necessary measures would be undertaken to resolve the situation. <ref>

[http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-12apr12-en.htm Statement on TLD Application System]</ref>

[http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-12apr12-en.htm Statement on TLD Application System]</ref>