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2.6. A More Detailed Look at Akram Atallah's Role in terms of Portfolio and Budget (Following August update above)

Following ICANN's August changes to the PMS we still basically see the GDD President as the "Shepherd" of most of the organization including compliance, as shown below in 2.6.1. and 2.6.2.

2.6.1. "Support the evolution of domain name marketplace to be robust, stable and trusted"

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The document makes it clear what entity Atallah is signing on behalf of:

2.6.4. President of Global Domains Division issues Public Statements of Compliance Policy

Beyond what we see above in the historical organizational structure and budget documents, we also see Akram Atallah making public policy statements on compliance. The following are excerpts from last October's Wall Street Journal article on ICANN: 

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"I don't know how contractually we could do something different than [what] we are doing says Akram Atallah, president of Icann's global domains division"

So, here we have the GDD President definitively stating what the limits of contractual compliance are. As a side note, it is clear from the record that the issue in question was a contractual issue, but Atallah has declared publicly it was not. Why is the GDD President making the declaration and not the CEO, especially if the head of compliance supposedly reports to the CEO?

The following is portion of a June 18 2015 letter by the GDD President on a compliance matter:

"ICANN's enforcement authority is limited to enforcing compliance with the terms and conditions of its agreements

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ICANN is considering these responses and will continue to monitor Vox Populi's compliance with ICANN's Registry Agreement for the .SUCKS TLD."

Again, GDD is making public policy definitions of the compliance role and responding to compliance issues from the community. 

3. True Impact of Compliance Activity

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