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+Network Working Group                         Federal Networking Council
+Request For Comments: 1811                                     June 1995
+Category: Informational
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+                 U.S. Government Internet Domain Names
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+Status of this Memo
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+   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  This memo
+   does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of
+   this memo is unlimited.
+
+Abstract
+
+   This document describes the registration policies for the top-level
+   domain ".GOV".   Thus far, Federal Agencies and their subsidiaries
+   have registered without any guidance.  This has resulted in multiple
+   registrations for Federal Agencies and naming schemes that do not
+   facilitate responsiveness to the public.  This document fixes this by
+   restricting registrations to coincide with the approved structure of
+   the US government.  The document cited, FIPS 95-1, provides a
+   standard recognized structure into which domain registrations for
+   top-level domains.  The IANA requires that an organization/country
+   apply for and get a 2 letter code from ISO/ITU (e.g., US for United
+   States) for additional top-level registration.
+
+   As a side effect, this reduces the number of .GOV level registrations
+   and reduces the workload on the Internic.
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+U.S. GOVERNMENT INTERNET DOMAIN NAMES POLICY
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+   The .GOV domain is delegated from the root authority to the US
+   Federal Networking Council.  The .GOV domain is for registration of
+   US governmental entities on the federal level only.  Registrations
+   for state and local governmental agencies shall be made under the .US
+   domain in accordance with the policies for that domain.
+
+   1) The document "Codes for the Identification of Federal and
+   Federally Assisted Organizations", FIPS 95-1 (or its successor)
+   lists the official names of US Government agencies.
+
+     A) Top-level entities (e.g., those with codes ending in 00 such as
+     "1200 Department of Agriculture"), and independent agencies and
+     organizations (e.g., "National Science Foundation and other non-
+     indented listings unless prohibited below) as listed in this
+     document are eligible for registration directly under .GOV.
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+     B) Autonomous law enforcement components of top-level entities
+     (e.g., "Federal Bureau of Investigation", "Secret Service", "Coast
+     Guard") are also eligible for registration.
+
+     C) Cross-agency collaborative organizations (e.g., "Federal
+     Networking Council", "Information Infrastructure Task Force") are
+     eligible for registration under .GOV upon presentation of the
+     chartering document and are the only non-FIPS-listed
+     organizations eligible for registration under .GOV.
+
+     D) Subsidiary, non-autonomous components of top-level or other
+     entities are not eligible for separate registration.
+     International organizations listed in this document are NOT
+     eligible for registration under .GOV.
+
+     E) Organizations listed as "Federally Aided Organizations" are not
+     eligible for registration under .GOV and should register under
+     .ORG or other appropriate top-level domain.
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+     F) Organizations subsidiary to "Department of Defense" must
+     register under the ".MIL" domain via the Defense Data Network
+     Network Information Center - contact registrar@nic.ddn.mil.
+
+   The only standard exceptions to these rules are changes to
+   governmental structure due to statutory, regulatory or executive
+   directives not yet reflected in the above document.  The requesting
+   agency should provide documentation in one of the above forms to
+   request an exception.  Other requests for exception should be
+   referred to the Federal Networking Council.
+
+   2) A domain name should be derived from the official name for the
+   organization (e.g., "USDA.Gov" or "Agriculture.GOV".)  The
+   registration shall be listed in the registration database under the
+   official name (per FIPS 95-1) for the organization or under the name
+   in the chartering document.
+
+   3) Only ONE registration and delegation shall be made per agency.
+   The .GOV registration authority shall provide registrations on a
+   first-come first-served basis.  It is an individual agency matter as
+   to which portion of the agency is responsible for managing the domain
+   space under a delegated agency domain.
+
+   4) Those agencies and entities that have multiple registrations under
+   .GOV may retain them for a maximum of 3 years from the publication
+   date of this document.  Within 6 months after the publication of this
+   document, one primary domain must be selected for the agency.  The
+   other (secondary) domains must cease further sub-delegations and
+   registrations at this time.  As of 1 year after the publication of
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+   this document, the secondary domains will become undelegated and will
+   revert to the control of the .GOV owner. As of 2 years after the
+   publication of this document, all registrations in the secondary
+   domains must be mirrored in the primary domain and those names should
+   be used where possible. At the 3 year point, all secondary domain
+   registrations will be deleted.
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+   5) Those agencies and entities already registered in .GOV but not
+   listed in FIPS 95-1 (e.g., DOE labs, state entities) may retain their
+   registration within the constraint of the single registration rule
+   (see para 4).  No further non-FIPS-listed registrations will be made.
+   State and local entities are strongly encouraged to re-register under
+   .US, but this is not mandatory.
+
+References
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+   [1] Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 95-1 (FIPS
+       PUB 95-1, "Codes for the Identification of Feral and Federally
+       Assisted Organizations", U.S. Department of Commerce, National
+       Institute of Standards and Technology, January 4, 1993.
+
+   [2] Postel, J., "Domain Name System Structure and Delegation", RFC
+       1591, USC/Information Sciences Institute, March 1994.
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+Security Considerations
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+   Security issues are not discussed in this memo.
+
+Author's Address
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+   Federal Networking Council
+   4001 N. Fairfax Drive
+   Arlington, VA 22203
+
+   Phone: (703) 522-6410
+   EMail: execdir@fnc.gov
+   URL:  http://www.fnc.gov
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