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<p>Domain requests must be authorized by the agency's Chief Information Officer (CIO) or the head of the agency. A request must be submitted by the agency’s <ahref="{{ '/help/member-management/' | url }}#understanding-enterprise-mode-roles-and-permissions" class="usa-link">organization admin</a> or another person with request permissions.</p>
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<p>See <ahref="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/M-23-10-DOTGOV-Act-Guidance.pdf" class="usa-link usa-link--external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">OMB Memorandum M-23-10</a> for more information.</p>
<p>Domain requests from the U.S. Senate must be authorized by the Senate Sergeant at Arms. A request must be submitted by the agency’s <ahref="{{ '/help/member-management/' | url }}#understanding-enterprise-mode-roles-and-permissions" class="usa-link">organization admin</a> or another person with request permissions.</p>
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<h4>U.S. House of Representatives</h4>
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<p>Domain requests from the U.S. House of Representatives must be authorized by the House Chief Information Officer. The request must be submitted by the agency’s <ahref="{{ '/help/member-management/' | url }}#understanding-enterprise-mode-roles-and-permissions" class="usa-link">organization admin</a> or another person with request permissions.</p>
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<h4>Other legislative branch agencies or commissions</h4>
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<p>Domain requests from legislative branch agencies must come from the agency’s head or CIO. A request must be submitted by the agency’s <ahref="{{ '/help/member-management/' | url }}#understanding-enterprise-mode-roles-and-permissions" class="usa-link">organization admin</a> or another person with request permissions.</p>
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<p>Domain requests from legislative commissions must come from the head of the commission, or the head or CIO of the parent agency, if there is one. A request must be submitted by the commission’s <ahref="{{ '/help/member-management/' | url }}#understanding-enterprise-mode-roles-and-permissions" class="usa-link">organization admin</a> or another person with request permissions.</p>
<p>Domain requests for judicial branch agencies, except the U.S. Supreme Court, must be authorized by the director or CIO of the Administrative Office (AO) of the United States Courts.</p>
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<p>Domain requests from the U.S. Supreme Court must be authorized by the director of information technology for the U.S. Supreme Court.</p>
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<p>A request must be submitted by the agency’s <ahref="{{ '/help/member-management/' | url }}#understanding-enterprise-mode-roles-and-permissions" class="usa-link">organization admin</a> or another person with request permissions.</p>
<p>Domain requests from states and territories must be authorized by someone in a role of significant, executive responsibility within the agency (department secretary, senior technology officer, or equivalent).</p>
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<p>Domain requests from state and territory legislatures and courts must be authorized by an agency’s CIO or someone in a role of significant, executive responsibility within the agency.</p>
<p>Domain requests from federally recognized tribal governments must be authorized by the tribal leader the <ahref="https://www.bia.gov/service/tribal-leaders-directory" class="usa-link usa-link--external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bureau of Indian Affairs</a> recognizes.</p>
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<p>Domain requests from state-recognized tribal governments must be authorized by the tribal leader the individual state recognizes.</p>
<p>Domain requests from counties must be authorized by the commission chair or someone in a role of significant, executive responsibility within the county (county judge, county mayor, parish/borough president, senior technology officer, or equivalent). Other county-level offices (county clerk, sheriff, county auditor, comptroller) may qualify, as well, in some instances.</p>
<p>Domain requests from cities must be authorized by someone in a role of significant, executive responsibility within the city (mayor, council president, city manager, township/village supervisor, select board chairperson, chief, senior technology officer, or equivalent).</p>
<p>Domain requests from special districts must be authorized by someone in a role of significant, executive responsibility within the district (CEO, chair, executive director, senior technology officer, or equivalent).</p>
<p>Domain requests from school district governments must be authorized by someone in a role of significant, executive responsibility within the district (board chair, superintendent, senior technology officer, or equivalent).</p>
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<p>We use the <ahref="https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2024/econ/2022isd.html" class="usa-link usa-link--external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">U.S. Census Bureau's definition of school district governments</a>.</p>
<p>Domain requests from interstate organizations must be authorized by someone in a role of significant, executive responsibility within the organization (president, director, chair, senior technology officer, or equivalent) or one of the state’s CIOs.</p>
-**Federal**: an agency of the U.S. government’s legislative, executive, or judicial branches
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## Only verified U.S. government organizations can register and operate a .gov domain
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For a fee, anyone can register a .com, .org, or .us domain. .Gov domains are different because they’re only available to U.S.-based government organizations, and they’re free.
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Anyone can register a .com, .org, or .us domain for a fee. .Gov domains are different because they’re only available to U.S.-based government organizations, and they’re free.
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) manages the .gov top-level domain. We verify the identity of everyone who requests a .gov domain and we make sure that their organization meets the criteria for having a .gov domain.
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) manages the .gov top-level domain. We verify the identity of everyone who requests a .gov domain and we make sure that their organization meets the criteria for registering a .gov domain.
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## Government organizations at all levels are eligible for .gov domains
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Your senior official is a person within your organization who can authorize your domain request. This person must be in a role of significant, executive responsibility within the organization.
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When you request a .gov domain, we’ll ask for information about your senior official (role, contact information). We typically don’t reach out to them, but if contact is necessary, our practice is to coordinate first with you, the requestor.
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When you request a .gov domain, we’ll ask for information about your senior official (role, contact information). We typically don’t reach out to them, but if contact is necessary, our practice is to coordinate first with you, the requester.
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**Read more about senior officials for**:
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-[Executive branch federal agencies](#executive-branch-federal-agencies)
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-[Legislative branch federal agencies](#legislative-branch-federal-agencies)
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-[U.S. House of Representatives](#u-s-house-of-representatives)
-[U.S. states and territories](#u-s-states-and-territories)
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-[States and territories: executive branch](#states-and-territories-executive-branch)
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-[States and territories: judicial and legislative branches](#states-and-territories-judicial-and-legislative-branches)
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