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VeriSign Is Awarded The Contract To Run .Gov

Posted on February 2, 2011
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VeriSign, Inc. has been selected by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to operate the domain name registry for .gov.

“Following a competitive RFP and evaluation process, the GSA granted Verisign the authority to provide designated domain name registration services to federal, state and local governments operating sites under the .gov and fed.us domain names. The services include processing requests, help desk assistance and operation of the authoritative .gov Domain Name System (DNS) servers.

“Verisign also will support the implementation of DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) on .gov and fed.us.”

9 thoughts on “VeriSign Is Awarded The Contract To Run .Gov”

  1. The Big Cheese says:
    February 2, 2011 at 6:33 pm

    “The rich get richer, that’s the law of the land”

    – Dave Moss in GlenGarry Glen Ross

    @MHB,

    I see your new Right of the Dot biz – answer me this….why would this strategy work when people essentially are most interested in shorter URL’s? I can’t understand how your approach to this whole thing will work. Please educate me, I really want to see this from your perspective – love to learn 😉

    – TBC

  2. MHB says:
    February 2, 2011 at 6:39 pm

    Big

    I’m planning on covering RIGHT OF THE DOT in a detailed post over the weekend or my Monday, impossible to do at DomainFest.

  3. The Big Cheese says:
    February 2, 2011 at 6:51 pm

    @MHB,

    Ok – look forward to reading it. I hope you’re ready for a fiery debate/discussion, because the .com-lovers will not be receptive to the plan. I love ccTLD’s, so I’m all for new approaches, but don’t see how longer URL’s will work. I’ll shut up now – have fun at D-Fest. 🙂

    – TBC

  4. SL says:
    February 2, 2011 at 7:32 pm

    @Cheese: If something is well thought out and makes solid business sense, I don’t think you’ll find too much argument.

    But just shouting “.MOBI!!!” or “.CO!!!” from the rooftops, well then, don’t be surprised if a ‘debate’ breaks out 😉

  5. ))) two very good and very useful domains ((( says:
    February 2, 2011 at 8:53 pm

    just a niche market

  6. BullS says:
    February 2, 2011 at 9:58 pm

    Should have given to GoDaddy!!

  7. Florida Gambling says:
    February 3, 2011 at 6:40 am

    GoDaddy? Can you imagine how the godaddy.gov girl looks like?

  8. floridagambling.com says:
    February 3, 2011 at 12:39 pm

    Who could have been the GoDaddy.gov girl?

  9. SL says:
    February 3, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    That’s a gimme…Janet Reno.

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