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→Three-Year Audit Program, 2012-2015
Prior to the creation of the base RA, audit provisions tended to be limited to financial records and technical reports. For example, Verisign's Registry Agreement to manage the [[.com]] domain contained no mention of compliance audits until its amendment in December 2012.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/registry-agreements/com/com-registry-agreement-1-12-2012-en ICANN.org - .com Registry Agreement], as amended December 1, 2012. Compare with [https://www.icann.org/en/registry-agreements/com/com-registry-agreement---1-march-2006-amended-22-september-2010-22-9-2010-en the .com Registry Agreement] as amended September 22, 2010</ref>
Prior to the creation of the base RA, audit provisions tended to be limited to financial records and technical reports. For example, Verisign's Registry Agreement to manage the [[.com]] domain contained no mention of compliance audits until its amendment in December 2012.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/registry-agreements/com/com-registry-agreement-1-12-2012-en ICANN.org - .com Registry Agreement], as amended December 1, 2012. Compare with [https://www.icann.org/en/registry-agreements/com/com-registry-agreement---1-march-2006-amended-22-september-2010-22-9-2010-en the .com Registry Agreement] as amended September 22, 2010</ref>
===Three-Year Audit Program, 2012-2015===
===Three-Year Audit Program, 2012-2014===
In advance of the [[New gTLD Program]], Contractual Compliance launched a three-year audit of all ICANN-accredited registrars and TLDs launched before 2013.<ref name="3yr">[https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/compliance-past-audits-2015-12-04-en#three-year ICANN.org - Past Audit Programs: Three-Year Audit]]</ref> One-third of all active gTLD registries and registrars were audited over each of the three years. The audit excluded ccTLDs, [[.arpa]], [[.mil]], [[.gov]], and [[.edu]].<ref name="3yr" /> At [[ICANN 45]] in Toronto, Contractual Compliance presented on the specifics of the program and its process.<ref>[https://toronto45.icann.org/meetings/toronto2012/presentation-compliance-audit-17oct12-en.pdf ICANN 45 Archive - Compliance Audit Presentation Slides], October 17, 2012</ref> The registry audits resulted in "observation reports" to each participating registry. The audit results for registrars are summarized below:
In advance of the [[New gTLD Program]], Contractual Compliance launched a three-year audit of all ICANN-accredited registrars and TLDs launched before 2013.<ref name="3yr">[https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/compliance-past-audits-2015-12-04-en#three-year ICANN.org - Past Audit Programs: Three-Year Audit]]</ref> One-third of all active gTLD registries and registrars were audited over each of the three years. The audit excluded ccTLDs, [[.arpa]], [[.mil]], [[.gov]], and [[.edu]].<ref name="3yr" /> At [[ICANN 45]] in Toronto, Contractual Compliance presented on the specifics of the program and its process.<ref>[https://toronto45.icann.org/meetings/toronto2012/presentation-compliance-audit-17oct12-en.pdf ICANN 45 Archive - Compliance Audit Presentation Slides], October 17, 2012</ref> The registry audits resulted in "observation reports" to each participating registry. The audit results for registrars are summarized below: