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lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title=".gov" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/.%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%AD" title=".গভ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title=".গভ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/.gov" title=".gov – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title=".gov" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/.gov" title=".gov – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title=".gov" 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title=".gov – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title=".gov" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/.gov" title=".gov – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title=".gov" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/.gov" title=".gov – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title=".gov" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/.gov" title=".gov – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title=".gov" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" 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data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/.gov" title=".gov – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title=".gov" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/.gov" title=".gov – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title=".gov" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/.gov" title=".gov – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title=".gov" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">.gov</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_for_.gov_TLD.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Logo_for_.gov_TLD.svg/220px-Logo_for_.gov_TLD.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Logo_for_.gov_TLD.svg/330px-Logo_for_.gov_TLD.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Logo_for_.gov_TLD.svg/440px-Logo_for_.gov_TLD.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Introduced</th><td class="infobox-data">January 1, 1985<span class="noprint">; 39 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1985-01-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Top-level_domain" title="Top-level domain">TLD</a> type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sponsored_top-level_domain" title="Sponsored top-level domain">Sponsored top-level domain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Active</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Domain_name_registry" title="Domain name registry">Registry</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cybersecurity_and_Infrastructure_Security_Agency" title="Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency">Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sponsor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cybersecurity_and_Infrastructure_Security_Agency" title="Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency">Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Intended use</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Governmental" class="mw-redirect" title="Governmental">Governmental</a> entities</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Actual use</th><td class="infobox-data">Only the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of the United States">United States government</a>; formerly only <a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">federal government</a> but later expanded to include <a href="/wiki/State_governments_of_the_United_States" title="State governments of the United States">state</a> and <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_United_States" title="Local government in the United States">local government</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registration restrictions</th><td class="infobox-data">Must meet eligibility requirements and submit authorization letter</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Structure</th><td class="infobox-data">Registrations at second level permitted</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Documents</th><td class="infobox-data">RFC 920; RFC 1591; RFC 2146</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dispute policies</th><td class="infobox-data">None</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/DNSSEC" class="mw-redirect" title="DNSSEC">DNSSEC</a></th><td class="infobox-data">yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registry website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://get.gov/">get<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Domain_name" title="Domain name">domain name</a> <b>gov</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Sponsored_top-level_domain" title="Sponsored top-level domain">sponsored top-level domain</a> (sTLD) in the <a href="/wiki/Domain_Name_System" title="Domain Name System">Domain Name System</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a>. The name is derived from the word <i>government</i>, indicating its restricted use by <a href="/wiki/Government" title="Government">government</a> entities. The <a href="/wiki/TLD" class="mw-redirect" title="TLD">TLD</a> is administered by the <a href="/wiki/Cybersecurity_and_Infrastructure_Security_Agency" title="Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency">Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency</a> (CISA),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a component of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">United States Department of Homeland Security</a>. </p><p>.gov is one of the original six top-level domains, defined in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc920">RFC 920</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RFC_920_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RFC_920-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though "originally intended for any kind of government office or agency",<sup id="cite_ref-RFC_1591_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RFC_1591-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> only U.S.-based government entities may register .gov domain names, a result of the Internet originating as a <a href="/wiki/ARPANET" title="ARPANET">U.S. government-sponsored research network</a>. </p><p>Other countries typically delegate a <a href="/wiki/Second-level_domain" title="Second-level domain">second-level domain</a> for government operations on their <a href="/wiki/Country-code_top-level_domain" class="mw-redirect" title="Country-code top-level domain">country-code top-level domain</a> (ccTLD); for example, <a href="/wiki/.gov.uk" class="mw-redirect" title=".gov.uk">.gov.uk</a> is the domain for the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">Government of the United Kingdom</a>, and <a href="/wiki/.gc.ca" title=".gc.ca">.gc.ca</a> is the domain for the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Canada" title="Government of Canada">Government of Canada</a>. The United States is the only country that has a government-specific top-level domain in addition to its ccTLD (<a href="/wiki/.us" title=".us">.us</a>), a direct result of the United States federal government's role in the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Internet" title="History of the Internet">creation of the Internet</a>. </p><p>.gov domains are registered at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://get.gov">get.gov</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=.gov&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886049734">.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}</style><span class="monospaced">gov</span> is one of the original top-level domains created in 1984<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (the other five being <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced"><a href="/wiki/.com" title=".com">com</a></span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced"><a href="/wiki/.org" title=".org">org</a></span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced"><a href="/wiki/.edu" title=".edu">edu</a></span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced"><a href="/wiki/.mil" title=".mil">mil</a></span>, and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced"><a href="/wiki/.arpa" title=".arpa">arpa</a></span>). The first site registered was <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">css.gov</span> in June 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beginning in 1997, the <a href="/wiki/General_Services_Administration" title="General Services Administration">General Services Administration</a> (GSA) began administering .gov. In February 2011, the GSA selected <a href="/wiki/Verisign" title="Verisign">Verisign</a> to manage the registry services, replacing Native Technologies, Inc.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Responsibility for the TLD was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Cybersecurity_and_Infrastructure_Security_Agency" title="Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency">Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency</a> (CISA) under the DOTGOV Online Trust in Government Act of 2020,<sup id="cite_ref-DOTGOV_Act_of_2020_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOTGOV_Act_of_2020-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> part of the <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Appropriations_Act,_2021" title="Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021">Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021</a>. </p><p>In January 2023, CISA selected <a href="/wiki/Cloudflare" title="Cloudflare">Cloudflare</a> to replace Verisign in providing registry services. Cloudflare will also provide authoritative DNS services for the .gov domain.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use">Use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=.gov&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many governments in the United States use a .gov domain, though most use .us (e.g., leg.state.nv.us), .com (e.g., myflorida.com), .org (e.g., lacity.org), or other TLDs (e.g., senate.mn).<sup id="cite_ref-State_legislature_websites,_compared_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-State_legislature_websites,_compared-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The full list of registered .gov domains is published at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://get.gov/data">get.gov/data</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During GSA's administration of .gov, registration and annual renewal fees peaked at $400 per year.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When CISA began managing the TLD in April 2021, all fees were removed.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Federal Executive branch policy requires the use of .gov for civilian agencies,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but some U.S. government-related websites use non-.gov domain names, including the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">United States Postal Service</a> (e.g., usps.com) and various recruiting websites for armed services (e.g., goarmy.com). The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">United States Department of Defense</a> and its subsidiary organizations typically use the <a href="/wiki/.mil" title=".mil">.mil</a> sTLD instead of .gov. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Eligibility">Eligibility</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=.gov&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Eligibility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>U.S.-based government organizations and publicly controlled entities are eligible to obtain a .gov domain. This includes federal, state, local, or territorial government, as well as any tribal government recognized by the federal government or a state government.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To register a .gov domain, an authorization letter must be submitted to CISA. The signer of the letter differs by entity type, but it is typically an agency's head, <a href="/wiki/Chief_information_officer" title="Chief information officer">chief information officer</a> (CIO), or highest-ranking or elected official. </p><p>Historically, only U.S. federal government agencies were allowed to register a .gov domain. In May 2002, GSA proposed a change that would open registration to state, local, and tribal governments in the U.S.,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a change that went into effect in March 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2019, before the transfer of .gov to CISA, GSA's authorization process was shown to be weak after someone impersonated the mayor of <a href="/wiki/Exeter,_Rhode_Island" title="Exeter, Rhode Island">Exeter, Rhode Island</a> in an authorization letter and successfully gained control of exeterri.gov. In response, GSA said it had implemented additional fraud prevention controls, and CISA advocated for transferring the TLD from GSA.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Policy">Policy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=.gov&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The DOTGOV Act requires that CISA maintain requirements that “minimize the risk of .gov internet domains whose names could mislead or confuse users”.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These include: </p> <ul><li>Requested names must correspond with the requesting entity's organization's name or services.</li> <li>Generic terms are reserved for federal agencies, though generic words can be combined with state or local municipality names.</li> <li>Most non-federal domain types require a two-letter <a href="/wiki/United_States_postal_abbreviations" class="mw-redirect" title="United States postal abbreviations">United States postal abbreviations</a> or state name equivalent, though exceptions are made. Rules have been established for municipalities whose names are unique, who are well-known, or that are among the most populous cities and counties in the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The Act also requires that .gov domains not be used for political campaign or commercial purposes, and that domains are registered only by authorized individuals. </p><p>.gov has been used to serve certain policy goals. As an action following Executive Order 13571,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> restricted executive branch agencies from registering new .gov domains in an attempt to eliminate unnecessary, redundant, or outdated sites.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> US government agencies used the .gov registrar to make it easy for new registrants to opt-in to HTTPS preloading <sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and to make it easier for the public to report potential security issues.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use_by_states_and_territories">Use by states and territories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=.gov&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Use by states and territories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of February 2014<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=.gov&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, all states, the District of Columbia, and all territories except for the Northern Mariana Islands have operational domains in <i>gov</i>: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>State or territory</th> <th>Domain </th></tr> <tr> <td>Alabama </td> <td>al.gov and alabama.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Alaska </td> <td>ak.gov and alaska.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>American Samoa </td> <td>as.gov and americansamoa.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Arizona </td> <td>az.gov and arizona.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Arkansas </td> <td>ar.gov and arkansas.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>California </td> <td>ca.gov and california.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Colorado </td> <td>co.gov and colorado.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Connecticut </td> <td>ct.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Delaware </td> <td>de.gov and delaware.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>District of Columbia </td> <td>dc.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Florida </td> <td>fl.gov and florida.gov (redirects to myflorida.com) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Georgia </td> <td>ga.gov and georgia.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Guam </td> <td>guam.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hawaii </td> <td>hi.gov, hawaii.gov and ehawaii.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Idaho </td> <td>id.gov and idaho.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Illinois </td> <td>il.gov and illinois.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Indiana </td> <td>in.gov and indiana.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Iowa </td> <td>ia.gov and iowa.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kansas </td> <td>ks.gov and kansas.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kentucky </td> <td>ky.gov and kentucky.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Louisiana </td> <td>la.gov and louisiana.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Maine </td> <td>me.gov and maine.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Maryland </td> <td>md.gov and maryland.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Massachusetts </td> <td>ma.gov, mass.gov and massachusetts.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Michigan </td> <td>mi.gov and michigan.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Minnesota </td> <td>mn.gov and minnesota.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mississippi </td> <td>ms.gov and mississippi.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Missouri </td> <td>mo.gov and missouri.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Montana </td> <td>mt.gov and montana.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nebraska </td> <td>ne.gov and nebraska.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nevada </td> <td>nv.gov and nevada.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>New Hampshire </td> <td>nh.gov and newhampshire.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>New Jersey </td> <td>nj.gov and newjersey.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>New Mexico </td> <td>nm.gov and newmexico.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>New York </td> <td>ny.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>North Carolina </td> <td>nc.gov and northcarolina.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>North Dakota </td> <td>nd.gov and northdakota.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ohio </td> <td>oh.gov and ohio.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Oklahoma </td> <td>ok.gov and oklahoma.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Oregon </td> <td>oregon.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Pennsylvania </td> <td>pa.gov and pennsylvania.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Puerto Rico </td> <td>pr.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rhode Island </td> <td>ri.gov and rhodeisland.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>South Carolina </td> <td>sc.gov and southcarolina.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>South Dakota </td> <td>sd.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tennessee </td> <td>tn.gov and tennessee.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Texas </td> <td>tx.gov and texas.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Utah </td> <td>utah.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Vermont </td> <td>vt.gov and vermont.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Virgin Islands </td> <td>vi.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Virginia </td> <td>virginia.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Washington </td> <td>wa.gov and washington.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>West Virginia </td> <td>wv.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Wisconsin </td> <td>wi.gov and wisconsin.gov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Wyoming </td> <td>wy.gov and wyoming.gov </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_equivalents">International equivalents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=.gov&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: International equivalents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While the use of <i>gov</i> as a top-level domain is restricted to the United States, several other countries have <a href="/wiki/Second-level_domain" title="Second-level domain">second-level domains</a> of the same name or similar semantics for governmental purposes, including the following. Note that the governments of some jurisdictions use alternate domains in public communications (for example, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Canada" title="Government of Canada">Government of Canada</a> adopted <i>canada.ca</i> as its main public-facing URL in the 2010s, and some Canadian provinces have made similar changes). </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Country or Territory</th> <th>Domain</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>Afghanistan </td> <td>gov.af </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Albania </td> <td>gov.al </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Algeria </td> <td>gov.dz </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andorra </td> <td>gov.ad </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Angola </td> <td>gov.ao </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Anguilla </td> <td>gov.ai </td> <td>British overseas territory </td></tr> <tr> <td>Armenia </td> <td>gov.am </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Aruba </td> <td>gov.aw </td> <td>Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands </td></tr> <tr> <td>Argentina </td> <td>gob.ar </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Austria </td> <td>gv.at </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Australia </td> <td>gov.au </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Åland </td> <td>gov.ax </td> <td>Part of Finland </td></tr> <tr> <td>Azerbaijan </td> <td>gov.az </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bahamas </td> <td>gov.bs </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bangladesh </td> <td>gov.bd </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barbados </td> <td>gov.bb </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Belarus </td> <td>gov.by </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Belgium </td> <td>gov.be </td> <td>gov.be is for national matters, the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Federal_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian Federal government">Belgian Federal Government</a> is using fgov.be and belgium.be </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bulgaria </td> <td>gov.bg </td> <td>Only the Council of Ministers uses this site. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bosnia and Herzegovina </td> <td>gov.ba </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Brazil </td> <td>gov.br </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chile </td> <td>gob.cl or gov.cl </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Canada </td> <td>gc.ca </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">          </span>New Brunswick </td> <td>gnb.ca </td> <td>Part of Canada. The previous <i>gov.nb.ca</i> remains active but deprecated due to the province's <a href="/wiki/Language_policies_of_Canada%27s_provinces_and_territories#New_Brunswick" title="Language policies of Canada's provinces and territories">official bilingualism</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">          </span>Quebec </td> <td>gouv.qc.ca </td> <td>Part of Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">          </span>Other provinces and territories </td> <td>gov.{xx}.ca </td> <td>Parts of Canada. '{xx}' is the applicable province or territory's postal abbreviation. </td></tr> <tr> <td>China </td> <td>gov.cn </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">          </span>Hong Kong </td> <td>gov.hk </td> <td>Part of China </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">          </span>Macau </td> <td>gov.mo </td> <td>Part of China </td></tr> <tr> <td>Colombia </td> <td>gov.co </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Croatia </td> <td>gov.hr </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cyprus </td> <td>gov.cy </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Czechia </td> <td>gov.cz </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Egypt </td> <td>gov.eg </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>El Salvador </td> <td>gob.sv </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Greece </td> <td>gov.gr </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Finland </td> <td>gov.fi </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>France </td> <td>gouv.fr </td> <td>Stands for the French word <i>gouvernement</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hungary </td> <td>gov.hu </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>India </td> <td>gov.in </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Indonesia </td> <td>go.id </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Iran </td> <td>gov.ir </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Iraq </td> <td>gov.iq </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">          </span>Kurdistan Regional Government </td> <td>gov.krd </td> <td>Part of Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ireland </td> <td>gov.ie </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Israel </td> <td>gov.il </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Italy </td> <td>gov.it </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Japan </td> <td>go.jp </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kazakhstan </td> <td>gov.kz </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kenya </td> <td>go.ke </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Latvia </td> <td>gov.lv </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lebanon </td> <td>gov.lb </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lithuania </td> <td>gov.lt </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Malaysia </td> <td>gov.my </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Malta </td> <td>gov.mt </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mexico </td> <td>gob.mx </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Moldova </td> <td>gov.md </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Morocco </td> <td>gov.ma </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Myanmar (Burma) </td> <td>gov.mm </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nepal </td> <td>gov.np </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>New Caledonia </td> <td>gouv.nc </td> <td>Part of French overseas </td></tr> <tr> <td>New Zealand </td> <td>govt.nz </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nigeria </td> <td>gov.ng </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>North Korea </td> <td>gov.kp </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Palestine </td> <td>gov.ps </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Paraguay </td> <td>gov.py </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Peru </td> <td>gob.pe </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Pakistan </td> <td>gov.pk </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Philippines </td> <td>gov.ph </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Poland </td> <td>gov.pl </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Portugal </td> <td>gov.pt </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Romania </td> <td>gov.ro </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Russia </td> <td>gov.ru </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Senegal </td> <td>gouv.sn </td> <td>Stands for the French word <i>gouvernement</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Singapore </td> <td>gov.sg </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Slovakia </td> <td>gov.sk </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Slovenia </td> <td>gov.si </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>South Africa </td> <td>gov.za </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>South Korea </td> <td>go.kr </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Spain </td> <td>gob.es </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sri Lanka </td> <td>gov.lk </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sweden </td> <td>gov.se </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Switzerland </td> <td>admin.ch </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Taiwan (Republic of China) </td> <td>gov.tw </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Thailand </td> <td>go.th </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tonga </td> <td>gov.to </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Trinidad and Tobago </td> <td>gov.tt </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Turkey </td> <td>gov.tr </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ukraine </td> <td>gov.ua </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>United Kingdom </td> <td>gov.uk </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">          </span>Scotland </td> <td>gov.scot </td> <td rowspan="2">Part of the United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">          </span>Wales </td> <td>gov.wales </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">          </span>Guernsey </td> <td>gov.gg </td> <td rowspan="9">British Crown dependency </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">          </span>Jersey </td> <td>gov.je </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">          </span>Isle of Man </td> <td>gov.im </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">          </span>Bermuda </td> <td>gov.bm </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">          </span>British Virgin Islands </td> <td>gov.vg </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">          </span>Cayman Islands </td> <td>gov.ky </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">          </span>Falkland Islands </td> <td>gov.fk </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">          </span>Pitcairn Islands </td> <td>government.pn </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">          </span>Turks & Caicos Islands </td> <td>gov.tc </td></tr> <tr> <td>Uruguay </td> <td>gub.uy </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Venezuela </td> <td>gob.ve </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Vietnam </td> <td>gov.vn </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=.gov&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Usa.gov" class="mw-redirect" title="Usa.gov">usa.gov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.us" title=".us">.us</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=.gov&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 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