The federal agency in charge of issuing.gov domain names is enacting new requirements for validating the identity of people requesting them. The additional measures come less than four months after KrebsOnSecurity published research suggesting it was relatively easy for just about anyone to get their very own. The GSA didnt say whether it was putting in place any other safeguards, such as more manual verification. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is making a play to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.”]
Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/03/u-s-govt-makes-it-harder-to-get-gov-domains/