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RFC 1816         U.S. Government Internet Domain Names       August 1995


   date of this document.  Within 6 months after the publication of this
   document, one permanent domain must be selected for the agency.  The
   other (auxiliary) domains must cease further sub-delegations and
   registrations at this time.  As of 1 year after the publication of
   this document, the auxiliary 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 auxiliary
   domains must be mirrored in the permanent domain and those names should
   be used where possible. At the 3 year point, all auxiliary domain
   registrations will be deleted.

   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

   [1] Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 95-1 (FIPS
       PUB 95-1, "Codes for the Identification of Federal 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.

Addendum

CLARIFICATION

   * All current registrations in .GOV are grandfathered and do NOT
   require re-registration with the exception of duplicate registrations
   for the SAME organization at the same level.  E.g., two registrations
   which represent the Department of Transportation would be duplicates;
   registrations for each of the Department of Transportation and the
   FAA would not (The FAA is an autonomous component contained within
   the DOT).

   * The policy requires resolution of all duplicate registrations
   within the next three years.

   * Local and state agencies registered under the ".GOV" domain may
   remain there.  However, they are strongly encouraged to transfer to
   the US domain.

   * Cross-agency collaborative efforts may register under ".ORG" or



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