USG IANA contract has expired, transition arrangements are now in effect

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