I'll pay for the domain if you find a way to buy a .gov as easily as you can buy a .com. I don't even think a regular citizen can get a .gov unless you incorporate a new city or something like that.
the gov TLD is managed by the US government. It's very rare that you renew anything with ICANN, since you're almost always going at least to the entity that manages a TLD (unless you run a TLD, then I guess there'd be an ICANN fee).
If you have a .com domain, you're renewing with VeriSign, the company that owns the com TLD.
Re:Government URLs that don't end in .gov
by NoZebra120vClip on Sunday July 23, 2023 @02:06PM
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Currently, the .gov sTLD is administered by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
You’re confusing TLDs and domain names.
Re:Government URLs that don't end in .gov
by 8organicbits on Sunday July 23, 2023 @03:40PM
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ICANN has lots of rules around TLD assignment, so squatting .gov doesn't seem possible. But some have recurring cost. Here's gTLDs:
> a fixed fee of US$6,250 per calendar quarter; (b) and a transaction fee of US$0.25. [1]
.gov is not a gTLD, I'm not sure what financial relationship exists, if any.
[1] https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/global-support/faqs...
Re:Government URLs that don't end in .gov
by ourmandave on Monday July 24, 2023 @07:03AM
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During the government shutdown some TLS certificates expired, so depending how long it goes a domain renewal could get missed because nobody is working or the check bounces.
What if a dept lets theirs lapse and some squatter swoops in and takes it?
We'll start the bidding at $1B USD...