Funny you should mention that, Bill ...
> Yes the public interest research has been very internally oriented, pretty
> much surveying staff and docs. What will be needed next is a look at the
> world outside ICANN, how the concept has been employed in telecom and other
> sectors around the world, then think about whether any bits of that may be
> relevant by analogy etc. Frankly I think they should hire a couple hungry
> academics who do international telecom policy (not me), doing this properly
> will need a solidly researched information base.
>
Just published, an RFP for DNS industry study:
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-4-2015-09-25-en
FYI-ing here in case anyone is interested.
Maria
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