Top-level domain type used for sites run by the United States government

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Top-level domains show who operates a site. For United States government sites, the domain ends with .gov. That designation is reserved for U.S. government entities and is managed to help users recognize official government information and trust its authenticity. Other common domains have different usual purposes: .com for businesses, .edu for educational institutions, and .org for organizations or non-profits. So the domain type used by U.S. government sites is the one that ends in .gov.