Policy Positions

Download these examples of some of PIR's advocacy efforts on behalf of the .ORG community. Find out more about PIR's policy leadership.

		July 6, 2009:  Comments of the Registries Constituency to ICANN on the Final IRT Report
		May 8, 2009:  PIR Comments to ICANN on Registry-Registrar Separation
		December 15, 2008:  PIR Comments to ICANN on the Report "Revisiting Vertical Separation of Registries and Registrars" (CRAI Report)
		December 15, 2008:  PIR Comments to ICANN on the Draft Applicant Guidebook on New gTLDs
		August 25, 2008:  PIR Letter to Hon. Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce in Support of Signing the Root
		July 25, 2006: PIR Letter to Honorable Fiona Alexander in Support of ICANN Move to an Independent Private Sector Institution.

June 23, 2006: Principles for the Foundation of Top-Level Internationalized Domain Names.

March 27, 2006: Impact of Automated Domain Registrations ("Domain Tasting") on .ORG Registrants.

March 2, 2005: Public Interest Registry Policy Statement Regarding the Whois Service.

September 22, 2003: Public Interest Registry Letter to ICANN Regarding VeriSign Site Finder.

September 16, 2003: PIR Letter to Subcommittee Chairman Lamar Smith on Privacy and WHOIS.

February 17, 2003: Comments of the Public Interest Registry on the Final Report on WHOIS Accuracy and Bulk Access of the WHOIS Task Force of the Generic Names Supporting Organization.