This transition has been in motion for over a decade now. NTIA (part of Department of Commerce) has some good material on it here: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/

This transition has been in motion for over a decade now. NTIA (part of Department of Commerce) has some good material on it here: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2016/what-theyre-saying-why-its-important-complete-iana-stewardship-transition http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2016/what-theyre-saying-why-its... I think a lot of politicians (ahem Ted Cruz) are trying to frame the transition in a shadowy way to discredit the current administration, but its simply a procedural thing thats been in the works for a long while.