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Create and implement policies and processes for conducting and communicating regular transparency audits.
ICANN response to the OWT report and the Board decision:
ICANN's response in June 2007 was uncategorical: "A whistleblower policy will be developed by General Counsel that outlines ICANN’s local obligations under law as well as a statement of principle to develop a uniform approach across ICANN offices." (Point 4.2: http://www.icann.org/en/transparency/mop-update-07jun07.htm)
Summary of ICANN input
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Summary of ICANN input
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
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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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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. this report . goes beyond any specific implementation notes of previous ATRT recommendations, and should cover a large range of Transparency efforts and metrics.
- Issues issues to be covered include: I.a.
- Reports on the usage of the DIDTDocumentary 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 could This report should be created under the supervision of the (the ICANN Ombudsman.) external auditor
- 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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