Governmental Advisory Committee

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The Governmental Advisory Committee is a body within ICANN that provides advice on public policy and governmental interests related to the global domain name system.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf ICANN body
advisory committee
multi-stakeholder Internet governance body
abbreviation GAC
advises ICANN Board
surface form: ICANN Board of Directors
advisesOn consumer protection in the DNS
data protection and privacy issues in the DNS context
intellectual property and trademark issues related to domain names
internationalized domain names
introduction of new generic top-level domains
law enforcement and public safety issues related to domain names
protection of geographic names and country names in the DNS
public policy aspects of ICANN decisions
security and stability of the domain name system
alsoKnownAs GAC
decisionMakingProcess consensus-based
establishedBy ICANN Bylaws
field Internet governance
domain name system
information and communications technology policy
public policy
telecommunications policy
focusesOn global interoperability of the Internet
governmental interests in the DNS
public policy issues related to the DNS
hasMemberCategory GAC Members
GAC Observers
language English
legalBasis ICANN Bylaws
surface form: ICANN Bylaws Article on Advisory Committees
meetingFrequency three times per year
meetsAt ICANN public meetings
membershipType distinct economies
governments
intergovernmental organizations
public authorities
operatesWithin ICANN multi-stakeholder model
parentOrganization Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
surface form: ICANN
partOf Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
produces GAC Advice to the ICANN Board
GAC Communiqués
GAC Principles and Guidelines
purpose to advise on issues where ICANN policies may interact with national laws or international agreements
to ensure that ICANN considers public policy aspects of the domain name system
to provide advice to ICANN on public policy issues
to represent governmental and intergovernmental interests in ICANN processes
relatedTo At-Large Advisory Committee
ICANN Board
ICANN Supporting Organizations
Root Server System Advisory Committee
Security and Stability Advisory Committee
scope country code top-level domains
generic top-level domains
global domain name system
root server system
website https://gac.icann.org

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Country Code Names Supporting Organization collaboratesWith Governmental Advisory Committee
ICANN Bylaws defineRoleOf Governmental Advisory Committee
GAC Principles and Guidelines developedBy Governmental Advisory Committee
GAC fullName Governmental Advisory Committee
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers hasBody Governmental Advisory Committee
ICANN Advisory Committees hasMember Governmental Advisory Committee
GAC Principles and Guidelines publisher Governmental Advisory Committee
ICANN Supporting Organizations worksAlongside Governmental Advisory Committee
ALAC worksWith Governmental Advisory Committee
ccNSO worksWith Governmental Advisory Committee