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− | | headquarters = | + | | headquarters = Victoria |
− | | country = | + | | country = Australia |
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− | | keypeople = | + | | keypeople = [[Alex Chernov]], Governor <br> [[Ted Baillieu]], Premier |
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| + | The '''Government of Victoria''', Australia, is a democratic parliamentary form of government. The State of Victoria is one of the six states of the Australian Commonwealth.<ref>[http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/the-parliamentary-system The Parliamentary System]</ref> |
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| + | ===Application for New gTLD=== |
| + | In 2011, the State Government of Victoria announced its plan to submit an application for the [[.victoria]] and [[.melbourne]] [[GeoTLD| geographical top level domain name]] via [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. On October 19, 2011, the government issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking a partner to submit the application and to manage and operate the TLD under a revenue sharing agreement. <ref>[https://tenders.nsw.gov.au/dfs/?event=public.rft.showArchived&RFTUUID=F020CB28-D868-DD68-DFD741D90E8B3E2A Registry Operator to obtaining & operating multiple generic Top Level Domains]</ref> [[ARI Registry Services]], a leading registry service provider based in Australia, won the contract to operate the .victoria and melbourne TLDs. The company hired [[Ernst & Young]] and [[Melbourne IT]] to help prepare the application for the TLD. ARI Registry Service will also serve as registry operator for the [[.sydney]] string for the [[Government of New South Wales]]. |
| + | <ref>[http://www.domainpulse.com/2012/02/22/ari-wins-sydney-melbourne-victoria-as-big-guns-wheel-out-announcements/ ARI Wins .SYDNEY, .MELBOURNE & .VICTORIA As Big Guns Wheel Out Announcements]</ref> |
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| + | '''While the [[Government of Victoria]] did apply for [[.melbourne]], no such application was submitted for [[.victoria]].<ref>[http://www.ariservices.com/news-ari_wins_tender_for_melbourne_and_sydney.php ARI Wins Tender For Melbourne and Sydney, ARIservices.com]</ref><ref>[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/viewstatus Applications, gTLDresult.ICANN.org]</ref> |
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| + | ==References== |
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| + | [[Category:Government]] |