.org
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| Industry: | TLD |
| Founded: | 1985 |
| Headquarters: | 775 Wiehle Avenue, Suite 200 Reston, VA 20190 |
| Country: | USA |
| Website: | www.pir.org |
| Facebook: | pir.org |
| Twitter: |  @ORGBuzz
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| Key People | |
| Brian Cute, Chief Executive Officer | |
.org is one of the first generic top-level domains (gTLD) in the Internet Domain Name System ([[DNs]. It is managed by the Public Interest Registry (PIR), a non-profit organization founded by the Internet Society (ISOC) in 2002.[1]
History
.org was created by the Network Working Group led by Jon Postel and Joyce Reynolds along with .com, .edu, .gov and .mil in 1984 as an open and unrestricted top-level domain name.[2] Originally, the operations of the .org registry was managed by the SRI International's Network Information Center (SRI-NIC) since its creation until 1992.
In 1993, Network Solutions, Inc. (NSI) assumed the registration services of the .org under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF) until 1998. [3] However, in 1998, the Department of Commerce issued the White Paper[4] in response to the instruction of Pres. Bill Clinton to form a new non-profit organization to take over the responsibilities in improving the technical management of the Internet Domain Name System, as a result, Network Solutions contract to manage the registration services of the .org was extended by the Department of Commerce until September 30, 2000.[5] In 1999, Network Solutions entered an agreement with ICANN to remain as the registry operator of the .org TLD until December 31, 2002.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag(acquired Network Solutions in 2000).