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	<title>&#45; CircleID</title>
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	<dc:date>2026-05-02T15:50:00+00:00</dc:date>

	
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		<title> ICANN's Ultimate Demise? (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ICANN's proposed overhaul of root server governance would empower a new council to revoke America's operator status, risking a clash with a resurgent Trump administration and potentially imperiling the multistakeholder model that underpins the internet's core infrastructure. <a href="https://circleid.com/postsicanns-ultimate-demise">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-02T08:50:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Failure in ICANN's Governance Framework (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/postsfailure-in-icanns-governance-framework</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The legitimacy of the ICANN multistakeholder model and its governance framework are facing an existential threat requiring immediate attention. The recently announced results of the ICANN Nominating Committee highlight how the ICANN Board is captured by "affiliated" directors, which threatens its independence and ability to act for the public interest. <a href="https://circleid.com/postsfailure-in-icanns-governance-framework">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-02T08:50:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> ICANN is Broken (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/postsicann-is-broken</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The ICANN Board's recent resolution to suspend an accountability safeguard hardcoded in its bylaws may represent the final straw that breaks the community's trust in ICANN. Most community members, including its own Board Chair, acknowledge that its current policy development and implementation processes are not working efficiently. However, the Board's decision to suspend the mechanism that could address these inefficiencies only seeks to preserve the status quo and the economic interests of these dominant market participants.  <a href="https://circleid.com/postsicann-is-broken">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-02T08:50:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Response to usTLD Registry Management and Maintenance RFI (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/postsresponse-to-ustld-registry-management-and-maintenance-rfi</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On January 17th in the closing days of the Biden Administration, NTIA issued the following Response for Information in connection with the .us ccTLD. While responses to the RFI will be held in confidence by NTIA per the RFI, some organizations such as M3AAWG made their response public. In the spirit of openness and transparency, Rick Lane and I are sharing our response on this important topic. <a href="https://circleid.com/postsresponse-to-ustld-registry-management-and-maintenance-rfi">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-02T08:50:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> How the EU's NIS 2.0 Can Help Solve the Challenge of Domain Name Registration Data Accuracy and Access (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20240905-eu-nis-2-and-domain-name-registration-data-accuracy-and-access</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past twenty years of my engagement in the ICANN multistakeholder process, one topic that has always been near and dear to me has been improving the accuracy and access to domain name registration data in a way that respects the legal rights of both registrants and requestors of registration data. Sadly, the glacial pace at which ICANN develops and implements policy has prevented a holistic solution to the problem. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20240905-eu-nis-2-and-domain-name-registration-data-accuracy-and-access">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-02T08:50:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> NIS 2.0 and Its Impact on the Domain Name Ecosystem (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20240522-nis-2.0-and-its-impact-on-the-domain-name-ecosystem</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently appeared on the 419 Consulting podcast to discuss the European Union's NIS 2.0 Directive and its impact on the domain name ecosystem. I encourage all TLD registries, domain name registration service providers, and DNS operators to listen to the recording of that session which Andrew Campling has made available. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20240522-nis-2.0-and-its-impact-on-the-domain-name-ecosystem">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-02T08:50:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> 13th Registration Operations Workshop: Join Us Online on June 4th, 2024 (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20240520-13th-registration-operations-workshop-join-us-online-on-june-4th-2024</link>
		<description><![CDATA[As a member of the ROW Planning Committee, I am writing this post on behalf of the Committee and welcome all community members to join us on June 4th. We are celebrating ROW's 10th anniversary! A decade of collaboration and inspiration! Thank you to the incredible community that has fueled this journey! <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20240520-13th-registration-operations-workshop-join-us-online-on-june-4th-2024">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-02T08:50:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Advancing Digital Trust: Global Innovations in Domain Registrant Verification (Highlights from the ICANN79 Community Forum) (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20240322-advancing-digital-trust-global-innovations-in-domain-registrant-verification</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On 6 March 2024, the ICANN At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) held a plenary session entitled "Building Trust on the Internet Through Registrant Verification" at the ICANN79 Community Forum in San Juan, Puerto Rico, that Michael Palage and Avri Doria co-moderated. This session was inspired in part by a recent World Economic Forum report entitled "Reimagining Digital ID"... <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20240322-advancing-digital-trust-global-innovations-in-domain-registrant-verification">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-02T08:50:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> ICANN's Changing of the Guard – Part 1 (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20230102-icanns-changing-of-the-guard-part-1</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On the 21st of December, ICANN announced that Goran Marby had stepped down as ICANN's sixth CEO. As the ICANN Board commences its search for its next CEO, I thought it would be useful to look back at ICANN's selection process for its previous CEOs and how each tended to be driven by the unique challenges confronting ICANN at that time. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20230102-icanns-changing-of-the-guard-part-1">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-02T08:50:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Solving the .US Registrant Data Directory Services (RDDS) Conundrum (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20221006-solving-the-.us-registrant-data-directory-services-rdds-conundrum</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently ten Democratic Members of Congress wrote a letter to Alan Davidson, head of the NTIA, requesting that the "NTIA immediately cease the public disclosure of personal information about users of .US" country code top-level domain (ccTLD). This communication highlights a significant concern regarding domain registration data: the need to protect the privacy rights of Registrants. However, an equally significant concern regarding registration data was raised... <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20221006-solving-the-.us-registrant-data-directory-services-rdds-conundrum">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-02T08:50:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> The Death of TLD Front Running (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20111201_the_death_of_tld_front_running</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In an article published over two years ago, I cited a disturbing trend of third parties seeking to obtain national trademark registrations in an apparent attempt to game ICANN's new gTLD process. While many of these applications have withered and died on the vine some have sneaked through. However, it appears that the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has issued a very well-reasoned and articulate opinion... <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20111201_the_death_of_tld_front_running">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-02T08:50:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> IANA Checkmate - Fool Me Once, Shame on You, Fool Me Twice Shame on Me (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/postsiana_checkmate_fool_me_once_shame_on_you_fool_me_twice_shame_on_me</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In connection with the recent publication of the IANA RFP, there have been some commenters that have proclaimed that removing the requirement of the Contractor to document the consensus of relevant stakeholders in connection with the delegation of new gTLDs from the original draft Statement of Work as a win for ICANN. However, when reading the recently revised IANA RFP language in light of the Government Advisory Committee (GAC) Dakar Communiqué, a rather compelling legal case can be made... <a href="https://circleid.com/postsiana_checkmate_fool_me_once_shame_on_you_fool_me_twice_shame_on_me">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-02T08:50:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Inconsistencies in ICANN New TLD Application Fees (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/postsinconsistencies_in_icann_new_tld_application_fees</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In preparation for Monday's Joint Applicant Support (JAS) Working Group call, I spent some time reviewing various documents in connection with what are ICANN's actual costs in reviewing top-level domain name applications. One thing that caught my attention was the following metric in Rod Beckstrom's most recent CEO Monthly One Page Metric Report. <a href="https://circleid.com/postsinconsistencies_in_icann_new_tld_application_fees">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-02T08:50:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> ICANN Hubris Knows No Ends (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/postsicann_hubris_knows_no_ends</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite all signs pointing to a launch of the new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) program in Singapore, it seems like ICANN could not help poking the Government Advisory Committee (GAC) in the eye one last time. In the latest installment of how a California not for profit technical coordinating body knows best, we have the ICANN Evidence of "Use" Requirement for Trademark Protection document. <a href="https://circleid.com/postsicann_hubris_knows_no_ends">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-02T08:50:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Bring a Responsible Closure to the New gTLD Process - The Home Stretch (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/postsbring_a_responsible_closure_to_the_new_gtld_process_the_home_stretch</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the course of the last year, the ICANN Board and Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) have constructively worked through a long list of their differences contained in the GAC scorecard. As we near the finish line with Monday's scheduled ICANN Board meeting to approve the Applicant Guidebook, there remains a small handful of issues that will hopefully be resolved in a similar responsible manner during Sunday's ICANN Board/GAC consultation. <a href="https://circleid.com/postsbring_a_responsible_closure_to_the_new_gtld_process_the_home_stretch">More...</a>]]></description>
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