SSAC Review Request for Proposal (RFP): Click here to view
SSAC Review Request for Proposal (RFP) extension: Click here to view
Board Resolution to Initiate SSAC Review: Click here to view
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The scope of work for this review includes years from 2011 to the present. Any additional areas of exploration during the review are dependent on input from the ICANN Board’s Organizational Effectiveness Committee (OEC) and/or the SSAC Review Work Party. In addition, the SSAC may perform a self-assessment in preparation for, or in parallel with, the independent examiner’s work.
Timeline
October 2017 July - August 2018 - Request for proposals
February 2018 - Start review
February 2018 - Work plan + timeline
October 2017 March 2018 - Interview plan
November 2017 March - April 2018 - Survey(s) plan
October 2017 – March June 2018 - Conduct Independent Review Deliver Assessment Report; solicit feedback
April September 2018 - Deliver Draft Final Report; solicit feedback
June November 2018 - Deliver Final Report; solicit feedback
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The timing of the current SSAC Organizational Review is in accordance with the July 2015 ICANN Board resolution on Proposed Schedule and Process / Operational Improvements for AoC and Organizational Reviews, setting the second organizations organizational review of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee for 2017/2018. In preparation for the 2017/2018 SSAC Review, the current SSAC has established a Review Work Party to serve as a liaison between the independent examiner, the wider Community, the current SSAC and the Organizational Effectiveness Committee of the Board (OEC) who is responsible for the oversight of Organizational Reviewsorganizational reviews, including this SSAC Review. The role of the SSAC Review Work Party is to provide input on review criteria and the SSAC assessment, coordinate participate in interviews and objectively supply clarification and responses to the Assessment Report and the Final Report as well as any intermediary findings. Once the Final Report is issued, the SSAC Work Party is expected to coordinate with the SSAC to prepare a Feasibility Assessment and Initial Implementation Implementaton Plan based on the Final Report. Subsequently both reports will be sent on to the ICANN Board’s OEC for its consideration.
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