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Under the changes, site registrants will be able to invent their own suffixes in place of the handful of suffixes now available, such as dot-com, dot-org or dot-gov.

New Internet Name Rule Opens Door to Huge Changes 2011

Under the changes, site registrants will be able to invent their own suffixes in place of the handful of suffixes now available, such as dot-com, dot-org or dot-gov.

New Internet Name Rule Opens Door to Huge Changes 2011

Currently, dot-gov visitors must remember multiple names and codes to interact with agencies, and each federal site must pay to maintain its own independent ID validation system.

J.H. Snider: The Case of the Missing White House Petitions J.H. Snider 2011

Under the changes, site registrants will be able to invent their own suffixes in place of the handful of suffixes now available, such as dot-com, dot-org or dot-gov.

New Internet Name Rule Opens Door to Huge Changes 2011

Currently, dot-gov visitors must remember multiple names and codes to interact with agencies, and each federal site must pay to maintain its own independent ID validation system.

J.H. Snider: The Case of the Missing White House Petitions J.H. Snider 2011

In 1985, the feds launched the "dot-gov" domain as a trusted and secure zone for virtually all government websites—everything from IRS.gov to Virginia.gov.

Dot-Gov Web Sites and Ad Revenues: Why Not Cash In? Mark Lewyn 2011

While some side-step the rule by putting ads on websites using a dot-com address—which is what Washington state did, and some others are now doing—these sites often aren't as well-known to citizens as their dot-gov cousins.

Dot-Gov Web Sites and Ad Revenues: Why Not Cash In? Mark Lewyn 2011

Simple: A federal regulation effectively bans commercial ads on any dot-gov Web address, which most governments—federal, state and local—use as their virtual homes.

Dot-Gov Web Sites and Ad Revenues: Why Not Cash In? Mark Lewyn 2011

And early next year the General Services Administration, at the urging of the White House, may put the kibosh on sending people who type in or click on a dot-gov address to a dot-com page with ads—potentially neutering a lot of the state and local experiments.

Dot-Gov Web Sites and Ad Revenues: Why Not Cash In? Mark Lewyn 2011

Currently, dot-gov visitors must remember multiple names and codes to interact with agencies, and each federal site must pay to maintain its own independent ID validation system.

J.H. Snider: The Case of the Missing White House Petitions J.H. Snider 2011