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Relevant ICANN published procedures

ATRT2 analysis

 The ATRT has determined that in order to meet the requirements of the AOC, ongoing and continuous focus on Transparency that is independent of ICANN Sr. Staff authority in regards to the information collected and published.  This function needs to be similar to the role of the Ombudsman, and can be forded into the function of the ombudsman.

Draft recommendation

• ICANN should include a yearly transparency report as part of its yearly report.  
• issues Issues to be covered include: I.a. 
  
  • Reports on the usage of the Documentary Information disclosure Policy (DIDP)
  • Statistical reporting on the Board information and report disclosure, this should include measures of:
    
    • Percentage of Board Book and other information that is released to the general public
    • Percentage of released information that is redacted
    • Number and nature of issues that Board determined should be treated at either:
      
      • Under chatham House Rule
      • Completely confidential
  • ICANN Transparency report needs to include a section on Employee whistleblowing activity including metrics on:
    
    • Reports submitted
    • Reports verified as contaiing issues requiring action
    • Reports that resulted in change to ICANN practices
  • Include a yearly report of metric that are derived from the transparency recommendations made in AOC recommendations.  this metrics report should include:
    
    • Analysis of the continued relevance and usefulness of existing metrics, including considerations on whether activities are being geared toward the metrics (aka, teaching to the test) without contributing toward the goal of genuine transparency
    • Recommendations for new metrics
• This report should be created under the supervision of  the ICANN Ombudsman.
  
  • This would require a change to By-laws on the Ombudsman scope
• The transparency function requires an additional hire, within the Ombudsman office, to work with the various AOC review groups to provide continuity of the transparency function across all AOC groups.

Public Comment on Draft Recommendations

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