The US Government no longer supports .com domains
US Government agencies and organizations take notice: .com is out, .gov (and .mil) are in. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released guidance last week, updating existing requirements for Federal domain names—including .gov or .mil domains—and marking another critical move in delivering trusted interactions to visitors of official government sites. Does this mean USPS.com […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .GOV 2.0: US security agency seeking #domain registry services provider
In March, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) took over control of the .GOV top level domain. As part of the transition agreement set forth in the DOTGOV Act, CISA has to to provide domain registry services to federal, state and local governments. These services must be delivered at little to no cost, alongside […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Security #domains: The US government has launched StopRansomware.gov
The Joe Biden administration has launched StopRansomware.gov to provide resources for countering ransomware attacks. The domain was registered on July 1st, along with a specialized task force that will take aim at perpetrators of ransomware. Ransomware attacks cost millions of dollars to businesses and individuals every year. Malicious actors continue to adapt their ransomware tactics […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.State.GOV wasn’t hacked; inside job “terminates” Donald Trump’s presidency
Visitors to State.GOV that attempted to view president Donald Trump’s bio page were shown a notice indicating his termination as of today. The same notice appeared on vice president Mike Pence’s bio page, an odd timing due to the ongoing attempt to impeach the president. Some time later, these pages were displaying a temporary message […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.BuildBackBetter.GOV : Joe Biden’s first government #domain launched
President-elect, Joe Biden, received the green light from GSA yesterday, after a controversial delay of three weeks. The next US President has already been on the forefront of presenting his strategy to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, rebuild the economy, and strengthen the global image of the United States. In doing so, the Joe Biden team […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.eBooks scam used dot .GOV #domains from Virginia state’s government
An elaborate eBooks scam utilized two subdomains of a dot .GOV domain belonging to the Virginia state government. The scammers infiltrated the subdomains vwn.virginia.gov and crc.virginia.gov, populating them with a list of eBook titles with links to download PDFs from other sites. The subdomains provided Virginia’s Workforce Network and Virginia’s Career Readiness Certificate (CRC) program […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Government shutdown : Millions of .GOV #domains about to expire after federal employees lose pay
The dramatic situation with the government shutdown has just claimed another victim: dot .GOV domains. After working without pay for more than three weeks, federal employees tasked with the renewals of the quintessential government domain, dot .GOV, have given up trying to justify their zero dollar paycheck. “I walked out at 2:00 pm today, right […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.10 years of deleted, canceled or not-renewed dot .GOV domains
The Freedom of Information Act ensures that the US Government and its officials remain transparent about their activity. Citizens can invoke the act to request information that is made available to the public and that it’s not otherwise classified. A fine fella named Donald Triplett III utilized this method to request a list of 10 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.New Money: A redesigned $100 dollar bill and the ownership of the .com
The Federal Reserve has been redesigning a new set of dollar bills for more than a decade, adding security features to deter counterfeiting. Despite recent setbacks that led to the destruction of $3 billion dollars worth of banknotes, the new $100 dollar bill is expected to become publicly available on October 3rd, 2013. To promote […]
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