Domain Registration Related News
Want .gov? That'll be $125
August 2004
State and local governments must now pay before
taking advantage of a year-old General Services
Administration decision to loosen the federal
government's exclusive hold on the .gov domain
name.
As of July 31, all agencies registering or
renewing a .gov Web site must pay $125 annually.
Federal agencies have always paid GSA for URLs,
but a 16-month fee-free period for states and
cities has ended.
Federal rules that allow GSA officials to assess
the fee set the upward limit at $1,000 for
registration and $500 for renewal. "One hundred
and twenty-five dollars to support the overall
registration process is actually very
reasonable," said Keith Thurston, assistant
deputy associate administrator of GSA's Office
of Electronic Government and Technology.
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