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==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>

During the late 1980s, the [[IANA|Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] (IANA) delegated .gov to the [[FNC|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 collaboration among Federal agencies to meet their research, educational, 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>

On July 18, 1997, FNC granted the authority to administer and manage the operations of the .gov domain to the GSA through the guidance of the [[IETF|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>

==Policy==

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 ==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>
+During the late 1980s, the [[IANA|Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] (IANA) delegated .gov to the [[FNC|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 collaboration among Federal agencies to meet their research, educational, 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>
+On July 18, 1997, FNC granted the authority to administer and manage the operations of the .gov domain to the GSA through the guidance of the [[IETF|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>
 ==Policy==