To be clear, the process and the manner in which the Obama Administration and, specifically, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, or NTIA, arrived at and announced their decision to transition oversight over the critical Internet Assigned Names and Numbers authority function in as early as 18 months has not been fully transparent.
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Goodlatte criticizes the transparency of the Obama Administration's decision on Internet oversight.
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