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− | '''ICANN Organization''' refers to the [[:Category: ICANN Staff|staff]] charged with helping the "ICANN community" ([[SO]]s, [[AC]]s, and the Internet community at large) develop, implement, and monitor ICANN policies and advice toward ensuring the [[SSR]] of the [[DNS]] and the performance of the [[IANA]] functions. ICANN’s main expense is personnel costs, covering the salaries and work-related expenses of 388 employees during FY20 and representing 57 percent of cash expenses (US$76 million).<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/annual-report-2020-en.pdf ICANN Annual Report 2020, pg. 32]</ref> | + | '''[[:Category:ICANN Organization|ICANN Organization]]''' refers to the [[:Category: ICANN Staff|staff]] charged with helping the [[ICANN Community]] ([[SO]]s, [[AC]]s, and the Internet community at large) develop, implement, and monitor ICANN policies and advice toward ensuring the [[SSR]] of the [[DNS]] and the performance of the [[IANA]] functions. ICANN’s main expense is personnel costs, covering the salaries and work-related expenses of 388 employees during FY20 and representing 57 percent of cash expenses (US$76 million).<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/annual-report-2020-en.pdf ICANN Annual Report 2020, pg. 32]</ref> ICANN Staffers include [[ICANN Officers]] and the [[ICANN CEO]]. Together they ensure that policies and advice are developed by the Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees and approved and implemented by the [[ICANN Board]] in accordance with the [[ICANN Bylaws]] and ICANN's commitment to the [[Multistakeholder Model]]. Examples of ICANN functions carried out by staff include the Office of [[Contractual Compliance]], which gathers information from and enforces the contractual compliance of registries and registrars through complaint-driven informal and formal resolution processes, ICANN-initiated monitoring, or random auditing; the [[OCTO]], which improves knowledge sharing about the technical operation of the Internet's system of unique identifiers; and the office of the [[Ombudsman]], which provides informal dispute resolution for members of the ICANN community who wish to lodge complaints about ICANN staff, board, or supporting organizations/advisory committees. |
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− | |colspan= "1"|'''ICANN Departments''' | + | |colspan= "8"| '''ICANN Departments''' |
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| | [[gTLD Services]] || [[Policy]] || [[SSR]] || [[Engagement]] || [[Board Operations]] || [[Communications]] || [[Strategic Initiatives]] || [[HR]] | | | [[gTLD Services]] || [[Policy]] || [[SSR]] || [[Engagement]] || [[Board Operations]] || [[Communications]] || [[Strategic Initiatives]] || [[HR]] |
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| | [[GDD]] || [[Public Responsibility]] || [[IANA]] || [[Products]] || [[Administration & Operations]] || [[Support]] || [[Meetings]] || [[Finance]] | | | [[GDD]] || [[Public Responsibility]] || [[IANA]] || [[Products]] || [[Administration & Operations]] || [[Support]] || [[Meetings]] || [[Finance]] |
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− | | [[IDN]] || || || || || || || | + | | [[IDN]] || [[Review Support]] || [[Ombudsman]] || [[Complaints Office]] || [[Governance Oprerations]] || [[Conflict Resolution Specialist]] || [[Risk Management]] || |
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| + | ==ICANN Org Achievements== |
| + | ===2021=== |
| + | Over the course of 2021, ICANN Org:<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/reflecting-back-on-2021-at-icann-20-12-2021-en Reflecting on 2021, Goran Marby, ICANN Blogs]</ref> |
| + | * Migrated nearly 70,000 pieces of content onto the new platform as part of the [[Information Transparency Initiative]] (ITI) |
| + | * Launched an [[Operational Design Phase]] for System for Standardized Access/Disclosure ([[SSA]]D) and prepared to launch the ODP for [[SUBPRO]] in January 2022 |
| + | * Planned and/or implemented several recommendations from the [[First Competition, Consumer Trust, and Consumer Choice Review]], the [[Second Registration Directory Service Review]]; the [[Third Accountability and Transparency Review]]; the [[Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability#Work Stream 2|Work Stream 2 (WS2)]], and the [[Evolution of the Multistakeholder Model]] initiative |
| + | * Closed more than 20,000 [[Contractual Compliance|complaints against registrars and 1,500 complaints against registries]] |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |