Changes

The US Department of Commerce through NTIA renewed Neustar's contract to administer and manage the us TLD on October 25, 2007.<ref>[http://www.neustar.us/press Neustar Press Release]</ref>  

The US Department of Commerce through NTIA renewed Neustar's contract to administer and manage the us TLD on October 25, 2007.<ref>[http://www.neustar.us/press Neustar Press Release]</ref>  

As of 2007, there are 1.26 million domain names under the us TLD administeres by Neustar <ref>[http://www.neustar.biz/ Neustar.biz]</ref>

As of 2007, there are 1.26 million domain names under the us TLD administered by Neustar <ref>[http://www.neustar.biz/ Neustar.biz]</ref>

which provides registry and clearinghouse services in telecommunications and Internet networks. The company projected that the US domain name will grow at an average rate of 23% per year.<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/usca/usTLD2007_08_C_Vision.pdf NTIA Document]</ref>

which provides registry and clearinghouse services in telecommunications and Internet networks. The company projected that the US domain name will grow at an average rate of 23% per year.<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/usca/usTLD2007_08_C_Vision.pdf NTIA Document]</ref>

<organization>.<locality>.<state>.us, where the state is represented by its two-digit postal code.

<organization>.<locality>.<state>.us, where the state is represented by its two-digit postal code.

The delegated managers also known as "delegees" or "locality delegees" supervise the operations of the locality space of majority of the usTLD. Although Neustar administers an expanded a second level .us domain name, it still maintains the hierarchical locality space to provide structure, name uniqueness and geographic reference point for registrants.<ref>[http://www.neustar.us/about_us Neustar.us]</ref>

The delegated managers also known as "delegees" or "locality delegees" supervise the operations of the locality space of majority of the usTLD. Although Neustar administers an expanded a second level .us domain name, it still maintains the hierarchical locality space to provide structure, name uniqueness and geographic reference point for registrants.<ref>[http://www.neustar.us/about_us Neustar.us]</ref><ref>[http://www.neustar.us/locality-based-name-registrations/ Locality-Based Name Registrations]</ref>

 

Registering a locality-based domain is a multi-step process that some have found difficult to understand or follow.<ref>[http://telecafe.org/smw/.US_Locality_Domains#Registering_A_.US_Locality_Domain_Name Registering A .US Locality Domain Name]</ref>

==Management Framework for us TLD==

==Management Framework for us TLD==

The Department of Commerce and Neustar has been successful in managing and developing the usTLD because of their continuous development and implementation of unique policies and procedures to support a more certain, reliable and robust [[DNS]]. Neustar worked hand in hand with the agency in creating the us TLD management framework of us TLd based on four primary segments which include (1) legacy hierarchical  locality space (2) expanded second-level space(3) kids.us and (4) reserved names.<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/usca/usTLD2007_04_ExecSum.pdf NTIA.doc.gov]</ref>

The Department of Commerce and Neustar has been successful in managing and developing the usTLD because of their continuous development and implementation of unique policies and procedures to support a more certain, reliable and robust [[DNS]]. Neustar worked hand in hand with the agency in creating the us TLD management framework of us TLd based on four primary segments which include (1) legacy hierarchical  locality space (2) expanded second-level space(3) kids.us and (4) reserved names.<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/usca/usTLD2007_04_ExecSum.pdf NTIA.doc.gov]</ref>

==Nexus Requirements==

==Nexus Requirements==

To be able to register a .us domain name any individual should be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States of America while entities or organizations should incorporated within one of the fifty (50) U.S. states, the District of Columbia, or any of the United States possessions or territories or should be organized under the laws of the U.S. government.<ref>[http://www.neustar.us/faqs#3 Neustar.us]</ref>

To be able to register a .us domain name any individual should be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States of America while entities or organizations should incorporated within one of the fifty (50) U.S. states, the District of Columbia, or any of the United States possessions or territories or should be organized under the laws of the U.S. government.<ref>[http://www.neustar.us/faqs#3 Neustar.us]</ref>

==us TLD Dispute Resolution Policy==

==.us TLD Dispute Resolution Policy==

Any complaint regarding the us TLD should be filed to the approved dispute resolution service providers which include the American Arbitration Association ([[AAA]])<ref>[http://www.adr.org/about AAA]</ref>and the National Arbitration Forum ([[NAF]]).<ref>[http://www.adrforum.com/ NAF]</ref>

Any complaint regarding the us TLD should be filed to the approved dispute resolution service providers which include the [[American Arbitration Association]]<ref>[http://www.adr.org/about AAA]</ref>and the [[National Arbitration Forum]].<ref>[http://www.adrforum.com/ NAF]</ref>

==References==

==References==

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