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Written Testimony of Dr. Paul TwomeyChief Executive Officer of theInternet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numberson“Issues concerning the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN),including the expiration of the Joint Project Agreement between the U.S. Department of Commerce and ICANN at the end of September and the creation of new global top leveldomains (gTLDs).”Before the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internetof theUnited States House of RepresentativesJune 4, 2009

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BackgroundTheJPA/MOUprocesshashelpedtogrowICANNtobearemarkablesuccessstory.TheuniqueUSGovernment‐ICANNrelationshiphasbeen,isandwillcontinuetobecriticallyimportanttoICANN’ssuccess.TheoriginalMOU

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usedtheword“Test”whenitwascommencedalmost11yearsago.Itwasatestofwhetheramulti‐stakeholderprivatesectorlead,California‐basednotfor‐profitcorporationcouldperformanarrowbutcrucialtechnicalfunction.Afterthose11years,ICANNisasuccessfulUSbasedorganizationwithinternationalsupportandparticipation.Ithasbeenkeytoproducingasingle,interoperableInternetthatwe,andcountlessbusinessesrelyoneveryday.Insimpleterms“itworks”.AccountabilityLikeotherorganizationsICANNwill‐indeedmust‐continuallyimprove.ButunlikemanyorganizationsICANNhascontinualimprovementthroughreviewwrittenintoitsbylaws

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and,acommunitythatdrivesustoimproveandthatwillneverallowustostopstrivingforthebestwecanbe.TheJPA/MOUprocesshasbeenamajorstabilizerfortheorganization.Ithasencouragedworthy,sensibleandcarefulorganizationbuildingthrough7versionsoftheMOUand13reportcardsfromICANNover11years

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.ButonethingtheJPAclearlyisnotandneverhasbeenisanoversightmechanism.TheDepartmentofCommercehassaidthathistoricallyandsaysitagaininitslatestNoticeofInquiry.

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http://www.icann.org/en/general/icann-mou-25nov98.htm

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http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm#IV

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http://www.icann.org/en/general/agreements.htm

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SomehowovertimethelanguageoftheJPAhasbecomethelanguageofseparation:“ICANNisleavinghome”;“ICANNisseekingindependence”;“ICANNwantstobecomelessaccountable”.ThatlanguageiswrongandhasconfusedtheunderstandingofwhattheJPAisandwhatconclusionmeans.ICANNisnotseekingindependence;wehavebeenindependentsince1999.ICANNisnotleavinghome.TheUnitedStateswillalwaysbeourcorporateheadquarters.ICANNisnotseekinglessaccountability.Weareactivelyseekingmore.InfactonlythisweekICANNreleasedmaterialsforcommunityreflectionwhichsuggestedtheICANNBylawsshouldbeamendedtoestablishanewIndependentReviewTribunalwithpowerstoreviewtheexerciseofdecision‐makingpowersoftheICANNBoardunderthreegeneralrubrics–fairness,fidelitytothepower,orcogencyofdecision‐making.

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TheIndependentReviewTribunalwouldconsistofastandingpanelofinternationallyrecognizedrelevanttechnicalexpertsaswellasinternationallyrecognizedjurists,includingpersonswithseniorappellatejudgeexperience.Memberswouldbeappointedforeitherasetperiodoffiveyearsoruntiltheyresign.ThisproposalwouldbuildontheexistingaccountabilitiesthatoperateintheICANNenvironment.Thesewereoutlinedinthedocument,“AccountabilityandTransparencyFrameworksandPrinciplespublishedinJanuary2008”.

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ThreeSpheresofAccountabilityICANNisaccountableinatleastthreeways:1.

Publicsphereaccountability

thatdealswithmechanismsforassuringstakeholdersthat

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http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-01jun09-en.htm

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(http://www.icann.org/en/transparency/acct‐trans‐frameworks‐principles‐10jan08.pdf)

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