For your information, here is the NTIA press release from the weekend: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2016/statement-assistant-secretary-strickling-iana-functions-contract and some early reactions from me, Andrew Sullivan, and Alissa Cooper: https://www.ietf.org/blog/2016/10/iana-stewardship-transition-goes-ahead/ Jari Arkko, IETF Chair