It would have been called “waiver.gov” if they were being honest.

Michelle has the details on how the Obama transition team got around the usual requirements for obtaining a “.gov” domain for “change.gov.”  The .gov domain is reserved for official government sites.  Her post details how the domain doesn’t even meet the requirements for an actual government site, let alone a non-government site, and how the transition team got around these usual obstacles by obtaining a waiver.