What level of govt. is GOV for?
1159-DIRECTOR/OVERSEAS OPS
> I have a question on mail domains. Most of them are pretty obvious to me,
> (e.g. edu for EDUcational institutions, com for COMmerical companies,
> org for other ORGanizations.) GOV confuses me a little though. Obviously,
> gov is for GOVERNMENT. My question is: What LEVEL of government?
>
> Is it just for the Federal Government organizations, or is it for all
> governmental bodies - e.g. State and Local too?
>
> The REASON for the question is simple: I work for a state government
> organization, and want to set up mail domains now, even though we are
> not on the Internet. That way, when we do hop on, I hope to not change
> everything. I already have a class B Internet a-space but from what I can
> see, you cannot apply for a real domain name till you hook up (or am I
> wrong on that one too?)
All levels, e.g.,
BAAQMD.GOV Bay Area Air Quality Management District
CA.GOV State of California
CBRFC.GOV Colorado Basin River Forecast Center
DOE.GOV U.S. Department of Energy
DOECHICAGO.GOV US Department of Energy Chicago Field Office
HAWAII.GOV Hawaii State Government
HOUSE.GOV House Information Systems
IA.GOV Iowa State Government, Department of Public Safety
JCCBI.GOV Federal Aviation Agency
LA.GOV City of Los Angeles
MTP.GOV Metrpolitan Toronto Police
OKGEOSURVEY1.GOV OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OBSERVATORY
RCDP.GOV Ramsey County Data Processing
RL.GOV For Department of Energy Richland
SC.GOV Spartanburg County South Carolina
SCHOHARIE.GOV Schoharie County
StPaul.GOV Public Works Computer Services
USL.GOV Utah State Library Division
As you can see, there is little consistency in assigning domain names. Some
even seem to be candidates for different domains, such as .edu, .org, or .com
MS.GOV Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning
ORAU.GOV Oak Ridge Associated Universities
UN.GOV United Nations
(but UNDP.ORG United Nations Development Programme)
YMP.GOV Scientific Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Before proceeding too far with your dummy domains, you may want to check with
Madison Academic Computing Center (WISC1-DOM)
1210 W. Dayton St.
Madison, WI 53706
Domain Name: WISC.GOV
Administrative Contact:
Winkler, Larry (LW203) DOD...@DEVELOPMENT.EXEC.WISC.GOV
608-267-5263
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Norman, Eric J. (EJN1) EJNO...@MACC.WISC.EDU
608-262-3854
Record last updated on 02-Dec-91.
Ric <na...@wrair-emh1.army.mil> <nauen%wrmain...@detrick-emh1.army.mil>
^^^^^Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command