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Customer Standing Committee(CSC)
A body that provides oversight of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) naming services provided by Public Technical Identifiers (PTI). The CSC and PTI meet monthly to review performance data and address any areas of concern.
The CSC includes members from the country code top-level domain and generic top-level domain registry operators and liaisons from various Supporting Organizations, Advisory Committees, and stakeholder groups in ICANN (the liaisons).