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'''.gov''' is one of the original top-level domain names ([[TLD]]s) that was implemented in the [[Root Zone|root zone]] of the internet Domain Name System ([[DNS]]). The domain is a short term for "government." It is restricted for the use of government agencies in the United States, therefore it is considered a sponsored top-level domain name ([[sTLD]]). The other TLDs introduced by Jon Postel and Joyce Reynolds were [[.arpa]] [[.com]], [[.edu]], [[.net]], [[.mil]], and [[.org]].<ref>[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc920 RFC 920]</ref> The General Services Administration ([[GSA]]), an independent agency responsible in supervising the businesses of the United States federal government serves as the administrator of .gov domain.<ref>[http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/104774 About GSA]</ref>
'''.gov''' is one of the original top-level domain names ([[TLD]]s) that was implemented in the [[Root Zone|root zone]] of the internet Domain Name System ([[DNS]]). The domain is a short term for "government." It is restricted for the use of government agencies in the United States, therefore it is considered a sponsored top-level domain name ([[sTLD]]). The other TLDs introduced by Jon Postel and Joyce Reynolds were [[.arpa]] [[.com]], [[.edu]], [[.net]], [[.mil]], and [[.org]].<ref>[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc920 RFC 920]</ref> The General Services Administration ([[GSA]]), an independent agency responsible in supervising the businesses of the United States federal government serves as the administrator of .gov domain.<ref>[http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/104774 About GSA]</ref>
==Background==
During the late 1980s, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) delegated the .gov to the Federal Networking Council ([[FNC]]), a group chartered by the National Science and Technology Council's Committee on Computing, Information and Communications (CCIC) to provide a forum for networking collaborations among Federal agencies to meet their research, education, and operational mission goals.<ref>[http://www.nitrd.gov/archive/fnc-material.html The Federal Networking Council]</ref>
On July 18, 1997, FNC granted the authority to administer and manage the operations of the .gov domain to GSA through the guidance of the Internet Engineering Task Force ([[IETF]]). <ref>[http://contracts.onecle.com/netsol/nsf.coop8.1998.02.20.shtml Cooperative Agreement No. NCR-9218742]</ref? <ref>[https://www.dotgov.gov/portal/web/dotgov/policy Policy-DOTGOV]</ref>
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