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To whom it may concern,

Recently a new .gov domain name was registered. The name of this domain was http://www.change.gov./ This appears to be a violation of the Domain Naming Conventions Summary located at https://www.dotgov.gov/dnc.aspx. The domain does not appear to meet the criteria outlined on that page. It is my belief that the name was granted without the proper review, due to the current political climate and may in fact have been a political favor which is a clear violation of federal law.

What is the process to file a complaint regarding improper use of the .gov TLD?

Thank you for your time and cooperation.

This may or may not have any result whatsoever. We shall see.

They'd have to go through the General Services Administration. Guess the GSA decided that the transition office of the President-elect falls under the group "U.S. Governmental departments, programs, and agencies on the federal level". I somehow doubt it's very hard for a sitting senator to convince the GSA to give them a .gov address.

Um, yes it does. http://www.dotgov.gov/help_qualify.aspx

Eligibility for .gov
To preserve the integrity of the .gov name space, .gov domains are limited to United States government organizations at the federal, Native Sovereign Nation, state, and local level, and U.S. territories.

Try actually reading the site you link to support your point.

There you go, not so hard: http://www.dotgov.gov/

Having a .gov domain means it's a tax payer funded government web-site.

Um, no it doesn't. http://www.dotgov.gov/

Be my guest: http://www.dotgov.gov/

It's a bit expensive though, at $125/year. :-)