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<div class="AOW" ><big>'''Article of the Week'''</big></div>

<div class="AOW" ><big>'''Article of the Week'''</big></div>

'''ICANN Accountability''' became a primary focal point of the [[ICANN]] community shortly after the [[NTIA]] announced its intent to transition stewardship of the [[IANA]] functions to the global multistakeholder community. ICANN , already bestowed with the IANA functions contract and coordination of the [[DNS]], was asked to kick-start a mutistakeholder process aimed at developing a proposal for the transition. During the early stages of this process, the community raised concern over the outlook of ICANN’s accountability following the transition.

'''[[.blackfriday]]''' is a [[gTLD]] that was proposed in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. The applicant and now [[Registry Operator]] is [[Uniregistry]]. "Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year in the United States. .BLACKFRIDAY domain names will be among the best labels for businesses hoping to capture the attention of shoppers on this exceptional shopping day. blackfriday was delegated to the Root Zone of the [[DNS]] on 23 April, 2014, completing the successful application for the string.

 

From the days of ICANN’s infancy, a high degree of accountability was set in place by contractual relationship between ICANN and the United States government. The renewal process of the IANA functions contract has historically served as a backstop to ICANN accountability. The impending relinquishment of this role by the US government, created the opportunity and the necessity to examine the efficacy of existing accountability mechanisms.

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<small><strong>Related: [[IANA]]  - [[Internet Governance]] -  [[ICANN]] </strong></small>

<small><strong>Related: [[Uniregistry]]  - [[.sale]] -  [[New gTLD Program]] </strong></small>

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