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Create and implement policies and processes for conducting and communicating regular transparency audits.
Summary of ICANN input
When requested ICANN provided redacted documentation on the Employee Hotline.
Staff Clarification and Request for Additional Information:
Staff would appreciate a clarification of "yearly transparency report.” ICANN already issues an annual report on implementation and progress on ATRT1 recommendations. Do you mean “Annual Report of Whistleblower Activities”? If that is the case, it would be helpful to clarify this with a more descriptive term in your recommendation. Staff would suggest the term “Anonymous Hotline” based on research of best practices. Additionally, while staff does not anticipate any issues with being able to report how the Anonymous Hotline is being used, ICANN’s ability to report publically on results from Anonymous Hotline may be limited in certain cases due to legal implications. ICANN may be limited to providing a generic disposition due to such legal limitations.
Staff appreciates the significant work effort that you and the Review Team have committed to making ongoing improvements in ICANN’s accountability and transparency.
Summary of community input via the public comment process and face to face meetings
Summary of other relevant research
(Insert comments related to metrics to be suggested by the One world report on metric that is being done)
Relevant ICANN bylaws
Article III with relation to the absence of requirements for a yearly transparency report
Article V Sections 2,3 Ombudsman charter and Operations
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