Kieren McCarthy's column in The Register today takes on ICANN and its redelegation process for ccTLDs. He asks a good question:

[ICANN's biography of itself] contains this statement: 'All decisions of substance are preceded by prior notice and a full opportunity for public comment.' ...Would you agree that handing over an entire’s country's domain to someone was a "decision of substance"? If so, how does the fact that no one outside the actual discussions knew of Haiti's upcoming redelegation until the report announcing IANA's decision was released yesterday, 13 January 2004, square with ICANN’s official policy?

Redelegation strikes me as an area that could stand significant improvement in the transparency department.