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Re:Government URLs that don't end in .gov by newshackr on Sunday July 23, 2023 @12:31PM (#36836889)
I was under the impression that the US government controls / owns .gov
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Re:Government URLs that don't end in .gov by OJFord on Sunday July 23, 2023 @12:38PM (#36836983)
Yes exactly. So there's no need to use gov.us, but there isn't a 'ukgov' TLD, so gov.uk makes sense.
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Re:Government URLs that don't end in .gov by umanwizard on Sunday July 23, 2023 @12:36PM (#36836955)
Yes, exactly. .gov is US-specific and controlled by the US government.
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