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June 2013
- Upcoming Webinars: Trademark Clearinghouse & IDNs (6/19) and IDN Variant TLD Program Update (6/27) (17 June 2013)
- Community Priority Election: Now Open for Early Election (14 June 2013)
- Evaluation Panel Process Documentation Available for Review (14 June 2013)
- Next Set of Initial Evaluation Results Released. Total Number of Passing Applications Now 720. View Them Here. (14 June 2013)
- NGPC Progress on Addressing GAC Beijing Advice on New gTLDs (14 June 2013)
- Next Set of Initial Evaluation Results Released. Total Number of Passing Applications Now 628. View Them Here. (7 June 2013)
- Pre-Delegation Testing: Distributed DNS and Preparation Resources Update (6 June 2013)
- ICANN Board NGPC Adopts Resolution Accepting Nine Items of GAC Beijing Advice on New gTLDs (6 June 2013)
May 2013
- Next Set of Initial Evaluation Results Released. Total Number of Passing Applications Now 514. View Them Here. (31 May 2013)
- ICANN Appoints First Two New gTLD Data Escrow Agents (31 May 2013)
- ICANN Acknowledges Members of the Support Applicant Review Panel (28 May 2013)
- Pre-Delegation Testing: Beta Testing & Resources Update (24 May 2013)
- Next Set of Initial Evaluation Results Released. Number of results ramped up to batches of 100 prioritized applications per week. Total number of passing applications now 433. View Them Here. (24 May 2013)
- Applicant Responses to GAC Advice from the Beijing Communiqué are Available for Review (23 May 2013)
- Update on NGPC Progress on GAC Advice on New gTLDs, 22 May 2013 (22 May 2013)
- Upcoming Applicant Update Webinar 05 June 2013 (22 May 2013)
- NGPC Progress on GAC Advice, 10 May 2013 (21 May 2013)
- Next Set of Initial Evaluation Results Released. Total Number of Passing Applications Now 341. View Them Here. (17 May 2013)
- Next Set of Initial Evaluation Results Released. Total Number of Passing Applications Now 300. View Them Here. (10 May 2013)
- Public Comment on New gTLD Board Committee Consideration of GAC Safeguard Advice Closes 14 May 2013 (7 May 2013)
- ICANN Seeks Service Providers for Registry Restriction DRP and Trademark PDDR (6 May 2013)
- Proposed Final New gTLD Registry Agreement Available for Public Comment (6 May 2013)
- Next Set of Initial Evaluation Results Released. Total Number of Passing Applications Now 244. View Them Here. (3 May 2013)
- Beta Testing for Pre-Delegation Testing to Begin in May (2 May 2013)
- System Maintenance Windows Updated (2 May 2013)
April 2013
- Next Set of Initial Evaluation Results Released. Total Number of Passing Applications Now 213. View Them Here. (26 April 2013)
- ICANN Appoints Additional URS Provider (19 April 2013)
- Next Set of Initial Evaluation Results Released. Total Number of Passing Applications Now 169. View Them Here. (19 April 2013)
- GAC Advice Issued on New gTLDs (18 April 2013)
- Customer Service Portal Migrated to Salesforce.com to Provide Enhanced Functionality and User Experience (17 April 2013)
- Next Set of Initial Evaluation Results Released. Total Number of Passing Applications Now 131. View Them Here. (12 April 2013)
- Dispute Announcement: Objection Filings Published (12 April 2013)
- Discover the New gTLD Customer Portal with Our Video Tutorials! (11 April 2013)
- The New and Improved Customer Portal (8 April 2013)
- Next Set of Initial Evaluation Results Released. Total Number of Passing Applications Now 93. View Them Here. (5 April 2013)
March 2013
- New gTLD Program Posts Next Set of Initial Evaluation Results (29 March 2013)
- Initial Evaluation Results Released for First Set of Applications (22 March 2013)
- New gTLD Sessions Planned for Beijing (21 March 2013)
- Public Interest Commitments Dispute Resolution Procedure Introduced (15 March 2013)
- Get the Latest on Pre-Delegation Testing (15 March 2013)
- Pre-Beijing New gTLD Update Webinar (12 March 2013)
- Apply to Become an Approved New gTLD Data Escrow Agent (7 March 2013)
- Posting of Public Interest Commitments (PIC) Specifications Completed (6 March 2013)
- Posting of Public Interest Commitments (PIC) Specifications (5 March 2013)
- Uniform Rapid Suspension Procedure and Rules (5 March 2013)
- String Similarity: IDN Variant Review Results (1 March 2013)
February 2013
- Objection Period Closing 13 March 2013 (28 February 2013)
- Participants Needed for New gTLD Pre-Delegation Testing Pilot (28 February 2013)
- New gTLD Program: String Similarity Contention Sets (26 February 2013)
- ICANN's Trademark Clearinghouse to Provide Unprecedented Protections in the Domain Name Space (25 February 2013)
- ICANN Appoints First URS Provider (20 February 2013)
- Now Available: Instructions for Governments to Request Objection Funding (20 February 2013)
- Frequently Asked Questions | Specification 11 of the Revised New gTLD Registry Agreement: Public Interest Commitments (18 February 2013)
- Public Comment: Revised New gTLD Registry Agreement Including Additional Public Interest Commitments Specification (5 February 2013)
- Webinar: Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Variant: Examining the User Experience Implication of the Active Variant TLDs (1 February 2013)
January 2013
- New gTLD Program Maintenance Windows (24 January 2013)
- Investment Policy - New gTLD (7 January 2013)