.Gov domain deletions coming. Of course, you can’t have any.
Via GovInfoSecurity.com comes news that the White House wants to trim the number of .gov domain names and associated web sites.
I find it ironic that the Obama administration is the one to crack down on the number of web sites and .gov domains (numbered at 2,000 at the second level) given that it has probably embraced special purpose .gov domains more than any previous administration. Think Change.gov.
But the bigger purge will be of government web sites numbering 24,000. The Energy Department alone thinks it can save $10 million a year by combining its sites.
Perhaps they could start by informing the author of this memo (pdf) that posting a list of .gov “top level domains” will be easy. .Gov itself is the only top level domain. The next level below that is second level domains.
The government will post this list of all second level .gov domain names on…wait for it…
Data.gov
M. Menius says
Good. Maybe this will boost .US. 😉
John Berryhill says
“given that it has probably embraced special purpose .gov domains more than any previous administration”
What have the numbers been?
Andrew Allemann says
@ John – I don’t have numbers, but it certainly seems like there are lot more generic .gov domains over the past few years.
Personally, I think that’s a good thing, but I still find it ironic that now the White House wants to cut back on it.
Andrew Allemann says
Incidentally, the government has apparently refused to release this list of domains in the past:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/policy/215600330
Given the numbers in the Information Week article, I’m guessing the 2,000 number refers to federal government registrations.
gpmgroup says
Good. Maybe this will boost .US
Could be quite a bit of competition there
if nyc.gov re-brand …. to say … gov.nyc
Matt says
Any reduction in Government bloat is fantastic. Unfortunately it will only last as long as an election cycle!
Obamanation says
Live the dream baby!
How’s that Nope and Change workin out for ya?