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<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 10px;">ICANN Weekly Newsletter</h3>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;">News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers</p>
<span style="float: left;"><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/">http://www.icann.org/</a></strong></span><span style="float: right; font-size: small;"><strong>Week ending 3 April 2015</strong></span>
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<h4>Announcements This Week</h4>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-04-03-en">ICANN FY14 Form 990 Announcement</a></strong><br>
ICANN's FY14 Form 990 is now posted and is available to the community.<br>
3 April 2015</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-03-en">Fellowship Application Round Opens for ICANN 54</a></strong><br>
Today, launches our latest application round where participants will join us at ICANN 54 in Dublin, Ireland this coming October.<br>
3 April 2015</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-02-en">ICANN Successfully Completes Two Independently Conducted Service Organization Control Audits</a></strong><br>
2 April 2015 – ICANN today announced that it has achieved the Service Organization Control (SOC) 3 certification, formerly known as Systrust, of its Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) Root Key Signing Key systems for the fifth consecutive year.<br>
2 April 2015</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-03-31-en">Release of Country and Territory Names within the .HONDA, .AXA, .EPSON, .HSBC, .XYZ and .COLLEGE TLDs</a></strong><br>
Five (5) Registry Services Evaluation Policy (RSEP) requests were submitted by the registry operators listed below to allow the release of country and territory names for the below TLDs. In total, the requests concern 6 New gTLDs.<br>
31 March 2015</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-03-30-en">Proposed Implementation of GNSO PDP Recommendations on Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part C</a></strong><br>
The public comment proceeding seeks to obtain community input on the proposed implementation of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Policy Development Process (PDP) recommendations on the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part C.<br>
30 March 2015</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-03-29-en">CWG-Stewardship Chairs' Statement | Summary of Istanbul Face-to-Face Meeting</a></strong><br>
The Cross Community Working Group on Naming Related Functions (CWG or CWG-Stewardship) held a face-to-face meeting in Istanbul on 26-27 March 2015.<br>
30 March 2015</p>
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<h4>Upcoming Events</h4>
<p><strong><a href="http://buenosaires53.icann.org/en"><img src="http://buenosaires53.icann.org/sites/default/files/icann53_logo_color_0.png" alt="Buenos Aires Logo" width="300" height="117" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;">21-25 June 2015: 53rd
International Public ICANN Meeting – Buenos Aires</a></strong></p>
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<h4>About ICANN</h4>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm">ICANN Bylaws</a></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px;">Our bylaws are very important to us. They capture our mission of security, stability and accessibility, and compel the organization to be open and transparent. Learn more at
<strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/">www.ICANN.org</a></strong>.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/planning/">Strategic Plan, 2012 - 2015</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/financials/budget-opplan.htm">Adopted FY15 Operating Plan and Budget</a></strong></p>
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