It should be easy to identify governments on the internet.
.gov is the top-level domain for US-based government organizations.
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December 6, 2018: You can now add a security contact to the .gov registrar. See our new domain security best practices.
October 31, 2018: We wrote a blog post on digital.gov about our steps to make .gov a more secure place for governments.
October 1, 2018: 2-step verification is a new feature that improves the security of your .gov registrar account.
August 21, 2018: New .gov domains can opt-in to automatic HSTS/HTTPS preloading at the time of registration.