NOTICE OF SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE
TYPE OF FILING: Amendment
1. Agency Information
Government Operations, Technology Services
Taylorsville State Office Building
2. Contact Persons
Please address questions regarding information on this notice to the persons listed above.
3. General Information
A. Rule or section catchline:
R895-4. Subdomain Naming Conventions for Executive Branch Agencies
B. Purpose of the new rule or reason for the change:
Updates are needed to align with code reference changes, and to allow for redirecting of a "utah.gov" subdomain.
C. Summary of the new rule or change:
The change allows for the redirecting of a "utah.gov" subdomain.
4. Legislative Action Information
A. Are any changes in this filing
because of state legislative action?
Changes are because of legislative action.
B. If yes, any bill number and
session:
HB 444 (2025 General Session)
5. Fiscal Information
Provide an estimate and written explanation of the aggregate anticipated cost or savings to:
There is no anticipated cost or savings to the state budget because it only allows for the redirecting of a "utah.gov" subdomain.
There is no anticipated cost or savings to local governments because this rule only applies to state executive branch agencies.
C. Small businesses ("small business" means a business employing 1-49 persons):
There is no anticipated cost or savings to small businesses because this rule only applies to state executive branch agencies.
D. Non-small businesses ("non-small business" means a business employing 50 or more persons):
There is no anticipated cost or savings to non-small businesses because this rule only applies to state executive branch agencies.
E. Persons other than small businesses, non-small businesses, state, or local government entities ("person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or public or private organization of any character other than an agency):
There is no anticipated cost or savings to persons other than small businesses, non-small businesses, state, or local government entities because this rule only applies to state executive branch agencies.
F. Compliance costs for affected persons:
There is no expected compliance cost for affected persons because it only allows for the redirecting of a "utah.gov" subdomain.
6. Regulatory Impact Summary Table
Enter the cost or savings in the relevant cell. If there is no cost or savings, enter, "$0." If a cost or savings is inestimable, enter, "inestimable."
7. Regulatory Impact Analysis Approval
The Commissioner of the Department of Government Operations, Marvin Dodge, has reviewed and approved this regulatory impact analysis.
8. Family Impact Information
A. The agency has considered this rule's impact on family health, stability, and formation:
9. Citation Information
Provide citations to the statutory authority for the rule. If there is also a federal requirement for the rule, provide a citation to that requirement:
11. Public Notice Information
The public may submit written or oral comments to the agency identified in box 1.
A. Comments will be accepted until:
12. Effective Date Information
This rule change MAY become effective on:
(NOTE: This is the date the agency anticipates making the filing effective. It is NOT the effective date)
13. Agency Authorization Information
Agency head or
designee and title:
Marvin Dodge, Commissioner
R895. Government Operations, Technology Services.
R895-4. Subdomain Naming Conventions for Executive Branch Agencies.
R895-4-1. Purpose.
This rule establishes standards for executive branch agencies use of the utah.gov subdomain for state websites and compliance with domain requirements for government websites in Section 63A-16-110[63D-2-105] of the Information Technology Act. R895-4-2. Authority.
This rule is issued by the Chief Information Officer under the authority of Section 63A-16-205 of the Technology Governance Act, and in accordance with Section 63G-3-201.
R895-4-3. Scope of Application.
All state agencies of the executive branch of the [S]state government shall comply with this rule, which provides a consistent internet access identifier for the [S]state through the "utah.gov" subdomain. R895-4-4. Definitions.
(1) "Domain Name" means a meaningful name or identifier used for services such as websites and email provided through the internet and organized in multiple hierarchical levels, including: (a) com;
(b) us; or(c) gov.
(2) "Subdomain" means a domain name in a subordinate level below a top level domain name in the organization of its hierarchical levels. (3) "Top level domain" means a domain name at the top hierarchal level above a subdomain level, including:
(a) net;
(b) org; or
(c) com.
(4) "Publicize" means to make accessible, advertise or otherwise publicly disseminate information regarding a domain.
R895-4-5. Compliance and Responsibilities.
(1) Any state executive branch agency that develops, hosts, or funds a website shall only register a subdomain using the "utah.gov" naming convention.
(2) No state executive branch agency may publicize a government operated website unless it conforms with the requirements of Section 63A-16-110[63D-2-105] or for the sole purpose of redirecting to a utah.gov subdomain. R895-4-6. Exceptions.
(1) The requirements of this rule do not apply to websites that meet the criteria of Section 63A-16-110 for non authorized top level domains[funds that are passed-through or contracted to a private entity and subsequently used by that entity for its own website or for the purchase of a domain]. (2) The CIO may provide a waiver for the required use of "utah.gov" subdomains according to Section 63A-16-110[63D-2-105]. (3) A nonconforming domain may be obtained or retained to retain ownership of the domain for avoiding identifier misuse or for redirecting a utah.gov subdomain[, provided the non-conforming domain is not publicized]. R895-4-7. Rule Compliance Management.
(1) A state executive branch agency commissioner[executive director], or designee, upon becoming aware of a violation of this rule, shall enforce the rule. (2) The CIO may, where appropriate, monitor compliance and report to the commissioner[executive director] any findings or violations of this rule. (3) The CIO may further enforce this rule by requesting that the entity responsible for providing identifier mapping withhold or remove the offending top level domain[TLD] from state production servers. KEY: utah.gov
Date of Last Change: 2026[October 4, 2023] Notice of Continuation: April 14, 2023
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 63F-1-206; 63G-3-201
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