[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR102-173.55]

[Page 345]
 
           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
               CHAPTER 102--FEDERAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION
 
PART 102-173_INTERNET GOV DOMAIN--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B_Registration
 
Sec. 102-173.55  What is the naming convention for Cities and Townships?

    (a) To register any second-level domain within dot-gov, City (town) 
governments must register the domain name with the city (town) name or 
abbreviation, and clear reference to the State in which the city (town) 
is located. However--
    (1) Use of the State postal code should not be embedded within a 
single word in a way that obscures the postal code; and
    (2) Inclusion of the word city or town within the domain name is 
optional and may be used at the discretion of the local government.
    (b)(1) The preferred format for city governments is to denote the 
State postal code after the city name, optionally separated by a dash. 
Examples of preferred domain names include--
    (i) Chicago-il.gov;
    (ii) Cityofcharleston-sc.gov;
    (iii) Charleston-wv.gov;
    (iv) Townofdumfries-va.gov; and
    (v) Detroitmi.gov.
    (2) GSA reserves the right to make exceptions to the naming 
conventions described in this subpart on a case-by-case basis in unique 
and compelling cases.
    (c) If third-level domain naming is used, GSA reserves the right to 
offer exceptions to the third-level domain naming conventions described 
in this section on a case-by-case basis in unique and compelling cases.