Rule2022-15670
Federal Management Regulation (FMR); Internet GOV Domain
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Published
July 26, 2022
Effective
July 26, 2022
Issuing agencies
General Services Administration
Abstract
This final rule adopts without changes the interim rule published January 10, 2022, which implemented provisions of the DOTGOV Online Trust in Government Act of 2020 ("DOTGOV") applicable to GSA that transfer ownership, management and operation of the DotGov Domain Program from the General Services Administration (GSA) to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). In the interim rule, GSA removed provisions to the existing jurisdiction of the DotGov domain program that had been delegated to the General Services Administration in 1997.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 26, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 44279-44280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15670]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
41 CFR Part 102-173
[FMR Case 2021-02; Docket No. GSA-FMR-2021-0022; Sequence 01]
RIN 3090-AK52
Federal Management Regulation (FMR); Internet GOV Domain
AGENCY: Office of Information Integrity and Access, Office of
Government-wide Policy (OGP), General Services Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This final rule adopts without changes the interim rule
published January 10, 2022, which implemented provisions of the DOTGOV
Online Trust in Government Act of 2020 (``DOTGOV'') applicable to GSA
that transfer ownership, management and operation of the DotGov Domain
Program from the General Services Administration (GSA) to the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency (CISA). In the interim rule, GSA removed provisions to
the existing jurisdiction of the DotGov domain program that had been
delegated to the General Services Administration in 1997.
DATES:
Effective: July 26, 2022.
Applicability Date: As of July 26, 2022, this final rule applies to
all newly issued, already in operation, and/or renewed domains.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, contact
Ms. Marina Fox, Office of Government-wide Policy, Office of
Information, Integrity, and Access, at 202-253-6448, or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d5b8b4a7bcbbb4fbb3baad95b2a6b4fbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="107d7162797e713e767f68507763713e777f66">[email protected]</span></a>. For information pertaining to the status or
publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat Division at
202-501-4755 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b1c081a093e3c083e381b3c283a753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d592869487b0b286b0b695b2a6b4fbb2baa3">[email protected]</span></a>. Please cite FMR Case 2021-02.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
For more than 20 years, GSA supported government organizations and
worked to make the DotGov domain a trusted space. The DotGov domain
exists so that the online services of bona fide U.S.-based government
organizations are easy to identify on the internet. Increasing the use
of the DotGov domain helps the public know where to find official
government information. DotGov is critical infrastructure: it is
central to the availability and integrity of thousands of online
services relied upon by millions of users. Since the DotGov domain
underpins communication with and within these institutions,
cybersecurity significance of all aspects of DotGov's administration
has been increasing rapidly. To provide additional cybersecurity
support and expand DotGov domain usage among public entities, the
DOTGOV was introduced in the U.S. Senate on October 30, 2019, directing
GSA to transfer the DotGov program to CISA.
On December 27, 2020, the DOTGOV was signed into law and enacted as
part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116-260).
The Act transfers the DotGov internet domain program, as operated by
the General Services Administration under title 41, Code of Federal
Regulations, to DHS CISA. The Act also orders that on the date CISA
begins operational administration of the DotGov internet domain
program, the GSA Administrator shall rescind the requirements in part
102-173 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations applicable to any
Federal, State, local, or territorial government entity, or other
publicly controlled entity, including any Tribal government recognized
by the Federal Government or a State government that is registering or
operating a DotGov internet domain. Finally, the DOTGOV orders that in
place of the requirements in part 102-173 of title 41, Code of Federal
Regulations, CISA, in consultation with the Director of Management and
Budget (OMB), shall establish and publish a new set of requirements for
the registration and operation of DotGov domains.
On April 26, 2021, GSA transferred ownership, management and
operation of DotGov Domain Program to the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), CISA, and CISA published new DotGov domain issuance
guidance for government entities in place of the existing INTERNET GOV
DOMAIN requirements in part 102-173 of title 41, Code of Federal
Regulations.
Beginning on January 10, 2022, GSA sought public comments on these
actions for a period of 60 days through publication of an interim rule
in the Federal Register (FMR Case 2021-02) at 87 FR 1080. GSA received
one general comment, which was in support of the FMR Case 2021-02.
This final rule removes provisions to the existing jurisdiction of
the DotGov domain that had been delegated to GSA in 1997 and implements
provisions of the DOTGOV applicable to GSA that transfer ownership,
management and operation of the DotGov domain program from the GSA to
DHS CISA.
DotGov Program History
The DotGov program was created in 1997, and GSA OGP became the
designated authority for the top level Domain ``DOT GOV'' registry and
registrar and the subdomain registrar for FED.US by a delegation of the
National Science Foundation through consensus of the Federal Networking
Council and Department of Commerce on October 1, 1997. To provide
additional support, GSA entered into an agreement with the Department
of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs to facilitate the
registration of Native Sovereign Nations (NSNs) in the DotGov domain.
In 2003, GSA began using the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (IGCA)
as the authority to provide services to U.S. state and
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local governments, and began issuing DotGov domains to state and local
government entities.
Under GSA's DotGov program management and operations, domain
registrations were approved based on established criteria, detailed in
Federal Networking Council request for comments (RFC) 2146, May 1997
and in the Code of Federal Regulations--41 CFR part 102-173. GSA's
management of the DotGov program also included DotGov DNS Security
(DNSSEC), which gives DNS queries origin authenticity and data
integrity. This was accomplished by the inclusion of public keys and
the use of digital signatures to DNS information. DNSSEC was deployed
on the top level Gov domain root zone in January 2008 in accordance
with OMB Memorandum M-08-23.
II. Discussion of the Final Rule
A. Summary of Significant Changes
No significant changes.
B. Analysis of Public Comments
The interim rule was published in the Federal Register on January
10, 2022 at 87 FR 1080. One comment was received and was in support of
the interim rule.
C. Expected Cost Impact to the Public
There is no expected cost to the public from this rule.
III. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess
all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). E.O.
13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits,
of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting flexibility.
This is not a significant regulatory action and, therefore, was not
subject to review under section 6(b) of E.O. 12866, Regulatory Planning
and Review, dated September 30, 1993.
III. Congressional Review Act
This rule is not a major rule under 5 U.S.C. 804(2). Subtitle E of
the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996
(codified at 5 U.S.C. 801-808), also known as the Congressional Review
Act or CRA, generally provides that before a rule may take effect, the
agency promulgating the rule must submit a rule report, which includes
a copy of the rule, to each House of the Congress and to the
Comptroller General of the United States. GSA will submit a report
containing this rule and other required information to the U.S. Senate,
the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the
United States.
IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act
This final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities within the meaning of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq., because it applies
to agency management or personnel. Therefore, an Initial Regulatory
Flexibility Analysis has not been performed.
V. Paperwork Reduction Act
The Paperwork Reduction Act does not apply because the changes to
the FMR do not impose recordkeeping or information collection
requirements, or the collection of information from offerors,
contractors, or members of the public that require the approval of the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.
List of Subjects in 41 CFR Part 102-173
Government property management internet Gov Domain.
Robin Carnahan,
Administrator.
PART 102-173--[REMOVED]
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For the reasons set forth in the preamble, and under the authority of
the DOTGOV Online Trust in Government Act of 2020 (Title IX, Division
U, H.R. 133, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021), GSA adopts the
interim rule removing 41 CFR part 102-173, which published at 87 FR
1080 on January 10, 2022, as final without changes.
[FR Doc. 2022-15670 Filed 7-25-22; 8:45 am]
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