[pastProlog]

> No change is necessary. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Why was it changed in 1998? ISI was perfectly capable of handling the function.

Ted Cruz is indignant that the US Department of Commerce is transitioning out of a role it took up from ISI in 1998. This is the same Department of Commerce which Cruz pledges he is trying to abolish on his web site ( https://www.tedcruz.org/five-for-freedom-summary ).

[jakebasile]

So a previous change occurred and that means that any further changes cannot be scrutinized? I have no love for my junior Senator but that doesn't mean I cannot be concerned about why this particular change is happening.

[snowwrestler]

Senator Cruz is not scrutinizing the decision. He is using it as political fodder. There is a difference.

[jakebasile]

I don't really care who is doing it or why - I want to know why this change is so necessary if it is ostensibly such a minor change.

[snowwrestler]

There are many resources for information linked in this thread.

Even minor changes have to actually happen at some point. This is one that has been under discussion for a long time. It just happens to be happening now.