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Dick Armey's Freedom Page

Posted by jamie on from the sprinkles-good-carnivore-bad dept.

trinitishwar writes "House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Tex.) has a site where you can vote to express your opinion on Carnivore: http://www.freedom.gov/vote/vote4.asp. Just let him know how you feel." The poorly-worded poll is for political purposes (TexasCowboy23 points out the House putting pressure on Reno at this exact moment) but it doesn't hurt to vote anyway. What I want to know is, where in RFC 2146 does it say a politician can own FREEDOM.GOV?! Complete with 468x60 banner ads promoting Deep Thoughts by Dick Armey ("Cloning is the way amoebas reproduce") and his other site FLATTAX.GOV. I guess this started when nobody made serious complaints about GOP.GOV (see Jim Warren's comments and an Armey staffer's response back in December) ... did someone change the rules when I wasn't looking?

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  1. Time to protest? by tagishsimon · · Score: 3
    RFC 2146 is abundently clear; your Mr. Armey seems to be getting a little above himself. If his "office" is not listed in The United States Government Manual - it isn't ... and if it is not listed in Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 95-1 - it isn't ... then it should not have a .gov domain.

    Could I suggest someone protests to the delegated naming authority, which is listed as:

    Federal Networking Council
    4001 N. Fairfax Drive
    Arlington, VA 22203
    Phone: (703) 522-6410
    EMail: execdir@fnc.gov
    URL: http://www.fnc.gov

    .

  2. And the same thing, formatted (yes, I know...) by tagishsimon · · Score: 3
    RFC 2146, Freedom.gov, Flattax.gov

    Here's a standard form email ...

    To: execdir@fnc.gov
    Subject: RFC 2146, Freedom.gov, Flattax.gov

    Sirs

    You are listed in RFC 2146 as the delegated naming authority for the .GOV domain.

    RFC 2146 sets out rules for naming eligibility under this domain. (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2146.txt)

    I note the existence of two domains: Freedom.gov, Flattax.gov.

    I should be grateful if you would:

    a) Explain under which term of RFC 2146 such names have been allowed

    b) Consider withdrawing these domain names if you are unable to substantiate their legitimacy in terms of either of:

    B1) FIPS 95-1 - http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipspubs/fip95-1.htm
    B2) US Government Manual - http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/browse-gm-99.html

    yours sincerely