About the .gov program

Who we are

We are a team of program managers, technologists, and analysts. We help government organizations in the U.S. gain public trust by making .gov a well-known, reliable, and secure space online.

The .gov program is part of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Check out job openings on our team.

What we do

The .gov team manages the .gov top-level domain.

.Gov domain name registration

We manage domain name registration for .gov. We are the .gov registrar. (A registrar manages domain name registration.) You can only request and register .gov domain names through us. We make it easy for eligible government organizations to register .gov domains. We verify the identity of everyone who requests a .gov domain and we confirm that their organization meets the criteria for having a .gov domain.

Authoritative source for all .gov domain names and registrants

We manage the authoritative record of all .gov domain names and their registrants. We are the .gov registry. (A registry contains domain names and registrant information for a top-level domain.) We ensure that .gov domain names resolve in the global domain name system (DNS). DNS maps easy-to-remember names to hard-to-recall numbers. This allows us to use, for example, cisa.gov instead of something like 104.106.178.124.

Critical infrastructure for governments at all levels

.Gov domains are intertwined with access to public services. We make .gov a trusted, secure space by:

Using multi-factor authentication for all accounts in our domain registration and management system
Preloading all new domains. This action requires browsers to use a secure HTTPS connection with your website. This ensures that the content you publish is exactly what your visitors get.
Administering our domain requirements to protect the integrity of .gov
Publishing the complete list of .gov domains
Recommending security best practices for .gov domain holders
Continuously improving how we secure the .gov namespace

Follow our product strategy and development activities on GitHub.

What we offer

Domain registration

Request your .gov now or learn about the information you'll need to complete your request.

Domain name consultation

If you need help coming up with your .gov domain name, contact us.

Domain management support

Once your .gov domain is up and running we’ll support you with these services:

Domain management: Check the status of your domain requests and manage your registered domains.
Security: We keep you informed about domain security best practices.
Domain renewal: We make it easy to renew your .gov domain.
Self-service: You’ll be able to edit information about your contacts or your domain (like changes to your DNS settings) anytime.

What we don’t offer

While we’re continuously improving our services, you’ll need some services to get online that we don’t offer.

We don’t offer DNS hosting.
We don’t host .gov websites or email.