[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 230 (Tuesday, December 1, 1998)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 66102-66104] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-31828] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 41 CFR Part 101-35 RIN 3090-AG79 User Fees; Network Registration Services AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide Policy, GSA. ACTION: Proposed rule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This proposed rule establishes fees for registration services provided by GSA to Government agencies and commercial organizations in order to provide and maintain unique global names and network addresses for X.400 Private Management Domains (PMRD) and the X.500 Organizational Units (OU), Administrative Authority Identifiers (AAI) and Internet .GOV Domain names. DATES: Comments must be submitted February 1, 1999 to be considered in the formulation of the final rule. ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to Mr. Jack L. Finley, Director, Center for Electronic Messaging Technologies (TOT), General Services Administration, 1800 F Street, NW, Suite G-222, Washington DC 20405. E-mail comments may be sent to [email protected]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jack L. Finley, 202-501-3932. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Background The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model uses naming hierarchies in order to provide global unambiguous identities. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) defines two major naming hierarchies or ``trees.'' The ISO 3166 Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries assigns the United States with an alpha-2 code of US and a numeric code of 840. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has assigned the Federal Government with the alpha code of ``GOV'' and the numeric code of 101. Another ISO naming structure is ISO 6523, Structure for the Identification of Organizations. The British Standards Institute (under ISO authority) has issued an International Code Designator (ICD) of 0005 to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The NIST has delegated the responsibility of managing and administering the ICD of 0005 to the GSA. The NIST has also delegated to GSA the authority for the namespace ``U.S. Government'' as an organization domain subordinate to country level of ``US'' for the purposes of Governmentwide Directories (X.500/LDAP). X.400 PRMD The GOSIP standard is based on the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) profile, which incorporate several series of international protocol standards. The X.400 series define a protocol for electronic Messaging Handling Systems (MHS). Top level Management Domains (MD) are assigned and delegated into [[Page 66103]] Administrative Management Domains (ADMD) and subordinately Private Management Domain (PRMD). The GSA assigns the PRMDs for the U.S. Government using a prefix of the characters ``GOV+'' followed by the assigned name. For example, a PRMD for the Department of Transportation may be shown as P=GOV+DOT. The service provided by GSA allows government to use unique PRMD names, regardless of the ADMD provider. X.500/LDAP The International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) issued a X.500 Series of Recommendations for distributed directory services. The GSA has developed a governmentwide X.500 schema for a Distributed Information Tree (DIT). Under C=US, O=U.S. Government, agencies may establish a directory container as an Organizational Unit (OU). The GSA also provides operational Directory Support Services at the C=US level to public entities in cooperation with ANSI. Services include root Directory Systems Agents (DSA) with links to other Top Level Domains (TLD). The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) servers will also require registration services and operational services to connect with the distributed X.500 DSAs. Object Identifier (OID) In the context of this document, an arc is a point where branches of the hierarchical tree are connected together and to the superior reference. The GSA is responsible for registration of technical objects identifiers under the arc joint-iso-ccitt(2) country(16) us(840) organization(1) us-government(101) as well as (joint-iso-ccitt(2) countries(16) usa(840) US Government). There is a second US branch of the OID tree, 1.2.840 (iso(1) member-bodies(16) usa(840) US Government(101), but new registrations are made under the 2.16.840.1.101 arc. Typical use of Object Identifiers (OID) is to identify attributes and object classes that are not currently described in OSI standards. NSAP AAI Globally unique network addresses are important in communicating across various networks. The GOSIP V2 profile established a method of assigning Network Service Access Point (NSAP) addresses using the ICD 47 0005 (ISO 6523) under the authority of the NIST. The administration and registration of the ICD is delegated to the GSA. The octet following the ICD is 80 to indicate that the remaining octets are in the GOSIP V2 format. An Administrative Authority Identifier (AAI) consisting of three octets are delegated to organizations in order to complete the assignments of network addresses. Thus, a registration for a GOSIP NSAP AAI will be: 47 0005 80 NNNNNN (where N is assigned by GSA) The organization may use the remaining octets to further define according to their requirements. INTERNET .GOV and FED.US DOMAIN NAMES The National Science Foundation (NSF) has delegated to GSA through the Federal Networking Council (FNC), the authority to manage and administer the GOV (dot-gov) domain used by Internet Domain Name Service (DNS). The GSA is also providing second-level domain registrations in the GOV domain (e.g. Fed.gov). Similarly, the GSA is providing second-level domain registrations in the fed.us domain under authority from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Internet registration services are limited to Federal, State, and local Government organizations. GSA is not responsible for and will not charge fees for any further delegation of a domain name assigned to an agency. For example, if USDA were to register usda.fed.us, the registrations such as region1.usda.fed.us would be the responsibility of the domain manager for USDA. B. E.O. 12866 GSA has determined that this proposed rule is not a significant regulatory action for the purposes of Executive Order 12866 of September 30, 1993. C. Regulatory Flexibility Act The proposed rule is not expected to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities within the meaning of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq. D. Paperwork Reduction Act The Paperwork Reduction Act does not apply because the proposed regulation does not impose recordkeeping or information collection requirements, or the collection of information from offerors, contractors, or members of the public which require the approval of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under 44 U.S.C. 501, et seq. This rule is also exempt from Congressional review prescribed under 5 U.S.C. 801 since it relates solely to agency management and personnel. List of Subjects in 41 CFR Part 101-35 Archives and records, Computer technology, Government property management. Therefore, it is proposed that 41 CFR 101-35 be amended as follows: PART 101-35--TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT POLICY 1. The authority citation for part 101-35 continues to read as follows: Authority: 40 U.S.C. 486(c) and 31 U.S.C. 9701. 2. Subpart 101-35.7 is added to read as follows: Subpart 101-35.7--Network Address Registration Sec. 101-35.701 Scope of subpart. 101-35.702 Registration services. 101-35.703 Procedures for using GSA's registration services. 101-35.704 Fee schedule. 101-35.705 Method of payment. Subpart 101-35.7--Network Address Registration Sec. 101-35.701 Scope of subpart. This subpart addresses registration services provided by GSA to Government agencies and the public. Sec. 101-35.702 Registration services. (a) The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Department of Commerce has designated GSA as the Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile (GOSIP) Address Registration Authority for unique naming assignments of X.400 Private Management Domains (PRMD), X.500 Organizational Units (OU) and Network Service Access Point (NSAP) Administrative Authority Identifiers (AAI). (See FIPS PUB 146-2, Section 5.2.1.) GOSIP registration is limited to government agencies, with the exception of NSAP AAI's, which may be used by commercial organizations to identify private Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks. (b) For purposes of global interoperability, GSA will operate an X.500/LDAP Directory Service at the ``country=US'' level and at the ``O=U.S. Government'' level. Federal Agencies may link operational directories to the ``O=U.S. Government'' and Commercial organizations may link ``country=US'' level in accordance with the fees set forth in section 101-35.704. (c) The National Science Foundation (NSF) has delegated to GSA through the Federal Networking Council (FNC), the authority to manage and administer the [[Page 66104]] GOV (dot-gov) domain used by Internet Domain Name Service (DNS). The GSA is also providing second-level domain registrations in the GOV domain (e.g. Fed.gov). Similarly, the GSA is providing second-level domain registrations in the fed.us domain under authority from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Internet registration services are limited to Federal, State, and local Government organizations. GSA is not responsible for and will not charge fees for any further delegation of a domain name assigned to an agency. For example, if USDA were to register usda.fed.us, the registrations such as region1.usda.fed.us would be the responsibility of the domain manager for USDA. Sec. 101-35.703 Procedures for using GSA's registration services. Individuals or organizations who wish to register or would like more information should contact the registration officials at GSA by sending an e-mail message to [email protected] or by web access at http://registration.fed.gov. Sec. 101-35.704 Fee schedule. GSA will assess Government agencies and commercial organizations nominal fees to cover the cost of registration and other services as listed in the table below. The fees are based on anticipated costs for providing the services and are consistent with industry charges. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Recurring Service Set-up (Annual) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (a) Network Address Registration (GOSIP)...... $1000.00 $500.00 (b) Governmentwide Directory Operation (X.500/ LDAP)........................................ 1000.00 500.00 (c) Domain Name Registration 250.00 50.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Note to 101-35.704. Set-up fees may be waived at the discretion of the GSA. When levied, set-up fees include annual fee for one year. Sec. 101-35.705 Method of payment. GSA will invoice registrants according to the fee schedule in section 101-35.704. Government registrations must be paid by credit card (IMPACT). Commercial organizations are encouraged to pay by credit card. All other payments should be made to GSA Registration Services, 1800 F Street NW, Suite G-222, Washington, DC 20405. Dated: July 30, 1998. G. Martin Wagner, Associate Administrator for Governmentwide Policy. [FR Doc. 98-31828 Filed 11-30-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820-34-P