ICANN has launched a new enhanced WHOIS website, whois.icann.org. This website will be a centralised location for all WHOIS information, which will make it easier to understand how to access existing WHOIS information on who has registered domain names and to raise accuracy issues. ICANN is inviting the public to make comments on its new website. It anticipates launching an integrated search function in January 2014 as part of the website's second phase. For more information see Practice note, Domain names: The WHOIS database.

Source: ICANN annnouncement, 4 November 2013.