Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
1.0
Purpose
Consistent internet names, or domain names, allow people to
search for information on the Internet more easily. An internet domain exists
called the .gov domain that is overseen by the
federal government and reserved for use by federal, state, and local
governments. The State of Arkansas has registered the domain names
arkansas.gov and
ar.gov for use by state and local government in
Arkansas. Internet names assigned under the
arkansas.gov and
ar.gov domains will use consistent naming
conventions to enhance the accessibility of information regarding state and
local government.
2.0
Scope
Entities allowed to register subdomain names within the Arkansas
.gov domains are Arkansas:
2.1 State Offices, Departments, Boards, and
Commissions
2.2 Counties
2.3 Cities
2.4 Municipalities
3.0
Background
The Office of the Executive Chief Information Officer (ECIO) is
the administrator for the arkansas.gov and
ar.gov domains and the Department of Information
Systems (DIS) is the technical contact for the
arkansas.gov and
ar.gov domains.
4.0
References
4.1
General Services Administration's
Website for Domain Name Registration:
http://www.dotgov.gov
5.0
Policy
5.1 Eligible entities may
request subdomain names from the Office of the ECIO.
5.2 Eligible entities requesting to register
the
arkansas.gov and
ar.gov
domain names will use the following naming conventions:
5.2.1 Cities, towns and other municipalities
will register their domain names at the third-level under the second-level
state domain. The appropriate naming conventions would be
(cityname).ar.gov or
(cityname).arkansas.gov. Abbreviations or well
known acronyms may be appropriate.
5.2.2 County governments will register their
domain names at the third-level domain under the second-level state domain. The
appropriate naming conventions would be
(countyname)county.ar.gov or
(countyname)county.arkansas.gov.
5.2.3 State offices, departments, boards, and
commissions will register their domain names at the third-level under the
second-level state domain. The appropriate naming conventions would be
(agencyname).ar.gov or
(agencyname).arkansas.gov or
(departmentname).ar.gov or
(departmentname).arkansas.gov. Agency or
department abbreviations or well-known acronyms may be appropriate. Program
names may also be registered as
(programname).ar.gov. It is strongly suggested
that agencies registering program names in this manner also register their
agency name.
5.3 The
Office of the Executive Chief Information Officer will respond to the request
for a subdomain within 10 working days of the request.
5.4 If an eligible entity reserves a domain
name, both the arkansas.gov and
ar.gov names will be reserved to avoid
confusion.
6.0
Procedures
6.1 Eligible entities
may send the request for a subdomain name to the Office of the ECIO at 124 West
Capitol, Suite 200, Little Rock, AR 72201 or request the subdomain name online
at
http://www.cio.state.ar.us/gov_domain_request/index.html.
6.2 Any entity who receives an Arkansas.gov
or ar.gov subdomain name must comply with current requirements set forth by the
General Services Administration which can be found at:
http://www.dotgov.gov7.0
Revision History
|
Date |
Description of Change |
|
05/15/2005 |
Changed Program Name Format |
|
02/28/2004 |
Original Policy Statement Published |
8.0
Definitions
8.1 Domain: Domain is a region of
jurisdiction on the Internet for naming assignment. The General Services
Administration (GSA) is responsible for registrations in the dot-gov
domain.
8.2 Domain name: Domain
name is a name assigned to an Internet server.
8.3 Internet Gov Domain: Internet GOV Domain
refers to the Internet top-level domain "dot-gov" operated by the General
Services Administration for the registration of U.S. government-related domain
names..
8.4 Second Level Domain:
The second-level domain is the next highest level of the hierarchy under the
top-level domain. The second-level domain should define or describe the
organization or entity that registered the domain, such as
ar.gov or
arkansas.gov.
8.5 Third Level Domain: The third-level
domain is next in the hierarchy. It is a further specialization within the
organization or entity that registered the second-level domain, such as
littlerock.ar.gov.
9.0
Related Resources
N/A
10.0
Inquiries
Direct inquiries about this policy to:
Office of Information Technology
124 West Capitol Avenue Suite 200, Little Rock, Arkansas
72201
Phone: 501-682-4300
FAX: 501-682-2040
Email: ITtecharch@mail.state.ar.us
OIT policies can be found on the Internet at:
www.cio.arkansas.gov/techarch
