Notice2026-10886
Agency Information Collection Activities: .gov Registrar
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Published
June 1, 2026
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security Department
Abstract
The .gov Registry Program within Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) submits the following Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 104 (Monday, June 1, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32412-32413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10886]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. CISA-2026-0001]
Agency Information Collection Activities: .gov Registrar
AGENCY: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments; extension of an
existing collection (1670-0049) that was last approved on 10/03/2023
with an expiration date of 10/31/2026.
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SUMMARY: The .gov Registry Program within Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) submits the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and clearance.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until July 31,
2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number Docket
# CISA-2026-0001, by following the instructions below for submitting
comment via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number Docket # CISA-2026-0001. All comments received will
be posted without change to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any
personal information provided. Docket: For access to the docket to read
background documents or comments received, go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameron Dixon, 888-282-0870,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5139343d21113634257f363e27"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d7bfb2bba797b0b2a3f9b0b8a1">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: .gov is a `top-level domain' (TLD), similar
to .com, .org, or .us. Enterprises use a TLD to register a ``domain
name'' (often simply called a domain) for use in their online services,
like a website or email. Well-known .gov domains include
<a href="http://whitehouse.gov">whitehouse.gov</a>, <a href="http://congress.gov">congress.gov</a>, or <a href="http://uscourts.gov">uscourts.gov</a>, but most .gov domains
are from non-federal governments like <a href="http://ny.gov">ny.gov</a> (State of New York) or
<a href="http://lacounty.gov">lacounty.gov</a> (LA County).
.gov is available only to bona fide U.S.-based government
organizations and publicly controlled entities. When governments use
.gov, they make it harder for would-be impostors to successfully
impersonate them online.
Under the DOTGOV Act of 2020 (6 U.S.C. 665), CISA is responsible
for the operation and security of the .gov TLD. Pursuant to that law,
the .gov program at CISA works to ``provide simple and secure
registration of .gov internet domains'', ``ensure that domains are
registered and maintained only by authorized individuals'', and
``minimize the risk of .gov internet domains whose names could mislead
or confuse users''. In order to provision .gov domains to eligible
government entities and ensure adherence to the domain requirements
published by CISA pursuant to 6 U.S.C. 665(c), CISA needs to collect
information from requestors of .gov domains.
The information will be collected on an online web portal called
the ``.gov registrar'', which is built and maintained by CISA.
Requestors will be asked to provide information on the characteristics
of their government entity (e.g., name, type, physical location,
current domain), their preferred .gov domain name (e.g., <a href="http://example.gov">example.gov</a>),
their rationale for the name, organizational contact information
(names, phone numbers, email addresses), and nameserver addresses.
Only U.S.-based government organizations are eligible for .gov
domains; some of these organizations may be small entities. The
collection has been developed to request only the information needed to
confirm eligibility and adjudicate a .gov domain request.
Without this collection, CISA will be unable to assess the
eligibility of requestors nor provision .gov domains to government
organizations. That outcome would decrease cybersecurity for
governments across the nation and minimize the public's ability to
identify governments online.
In accordance with 6 U.S.C. 665(c)(4), CISA will ``limit the
sharing or use of any information'' obtained through this collection
``with any other Department component or any other agency for any
purpose other than the administration of the .gov internet domain, the
services described in subsection (e), and the requirements for
establishing a .gov inventory described in subsection (h).'' Certain
metadata for any approved domains (domain name, organization name,
nameserver address, city/state information, security contact) will be
published online.
This is an extension of an existing collection. Only small,
stylistic changes, not substantive updates, have been made since the
previous ICR was approved by OMB.
The Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested in
comments which:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
Analysis
Agency: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Title: .gov registrar.
OMB Number: 1670-0049.
Frequency: Once per domain registered.
Affected Public: Employees representing state, local, territorial,
and tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 3,000 per year.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 20 minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 1,000 hours.
Total Annual Burden Cost: $52,622.
Total Annual Government Burden Cost: $588,600.
Winfield P Werntz,
Acting Chief Information Officer, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2026-10886 Filed 5-29-26; 8:45 am]
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