Re:Government URLs that don't end in .gov
by umanwizard on Sunday July 23, 2023 @05:18PM
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> The submission includes over 400 domains for the federal only list. That is more than "some obscure ones"
The number has nothing to do with how obscure they are.
> Being an American I could imagine you hardly if ever interact with any other government sites
I have interacted with them many times. (1) to fill out various Covid-related entry forms when those were widely required, (2) to apply for visas, (3) purely out of curiosity (e.g. I’m sometimes curious what travel warnings/advisories other countries’ foreign ministries put out and how they compare with our own).
The number has nothing to do with how obscure they are.
> Being an American I could imagine you hardly if ever interact with any other government sites
I have interacted with them many times. (1) to fill out various Covid-related entry forms when those were widely required, (2) to apply for visas, (3) purely out of curiosity (e.g. I’m sometimes curious what travel warnings/advisories other countries’ foreign ministries put out and how they compare with our own).