You should do this

Registrations that Qualify for a .GOV Domain

-U.S. Governmental departments, programs, and agencies on the federal level
-Federally recognized Indian Tribes (-NSN.GOV domain)
-State governmental entities/programs
-Cities and townships represented by an elected body of officials
-Counties and parishes represented by an elected body of officials
-Special exceptions and requests are available

Information obtained from:
https://www.nic.gov/help_qualify.html
 
It's not a bad idea to check out the veracity of a .gov site before submitting information if one has any questions.

As etp777 indicates, the qualifications aren't especially selective, and no particular vetting or review process is implied. And .gov sites have been known to be hacked.
 
It's now being talked about on CNN...it is the right site, so far over 10,000,000 have registered

if your not sure...don't do it, just keep those calls rolling in every time you sit down to dinner.
 
Didn't mean to imply that this site wasn't valid--it was reported by Reuters a couple of days ago. Just that .gov isn't necessarily an indication that any site is on the up-and-up.

Registration can also be done by telephone (think it must be the one that the block is requested for). Eastern part of the US doesn't have a number yet, but it's coming.

(Some have expressed concerns about linking e-mail address with phone #. Needn't happen if one calls in, and of course everyone with a phone isn't on the net anyway.)

G'day, and a tip o' the foil hat.
 
I think I'll pass on being in yet another government computer.
Click to expand...

I'm not convinced that's automatically worse than being in say, Equifax's computers. Or the seemingly uncountable computers that dial me up to give me unwanted sales pitches. Anybody who signs up for a "discount card" probably has everything that they buy with it recorded in a computer. [I refuse them unless they'll give me a blank one,or require minimal info...no way they get my SS#!!)

The way things are going, the "government" will have access to everybody's computer anyway--:grumpy:

The biggest Big Brudda may be someone besides the government. I think "marketing reasearch" has a good shot at the title.
 
Originally posted by firkin
I'm not convinced that's automatically worse than being in say, Equifax's computers.

****True for most, but I have conducted my life in such a way, for the last 10 years, that, the last I checked, any info they still have on me is outdated and inaccurate.

Or the seemingly uncountable computers that dial me up to give me unwanted sales pitches.

****This is mostly random dialing. Can't escape it.

Anybody who signs up for a "discount card" probably has everything that they buy with it recorded in a computer.

***I don't sign up for them under most circumstances, and on those rare occasions that the gimmick seems worth the effort, I give them bogus information.


The way things are going, the "government" will have access to everybody's computer anyway--:grumpy:

The biggest Big Brudda may be someone besides the government. I think "marketing reasearch" has a good shot at the title.


***You and I are in total agreement on this, however, even tho' there's no way a person can totally escape this treacherous and insidious process, and even tho' there's very little proactively that can be done, I do everything I can NOT to help them out.
Click to expand...
:p
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top