Welsh Government list of domain names affected by Nominet Direct.UK proposal

The request was successful.

Dear Welsh Government,

Nominet is proposing to introduce direct .UK names such as BBC.uk, Culture.uk, Nature.uk alongside the established .uk structure of .co.uk, .org.uk, .gov.uk, .ac.uk, .police.uk, .sch.uk, .nhs.uk, me.uk etc.

The Nominet consultation about Direct.UK has (in addition to commercial questions) thrown up many questions around security, which are currently being debated among public bodies and organisations. A broad summary of the debate can be found at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/in....

A copy of the Nominet proposal can be found here: http://www.nominet.org.uk/sites/default/...

A list of articles published on the issue here: http://www.mydomainnames.co.uk/articles....

In the light of this debate and in the public interest may I ask that your organisation provide the following:

1. A complete list of all domain names managed, maintained, authorised or in any way paid for or operated by your organisation on behalf of itself or on behalf of any bodies or agencies for which it has oversight in any way. For the avoidance of doubt, this should include any domain name ending in .com, .org, .net, .co.uk, .org.uk, .gov.uk, .ac.uk, .police.uk, .sch.uk, .nhs.uk, me.uk, .ltd.uk, .plc.uk, etc

2. All communications (written or otherwise) and information regarding the Nominet proposal quoted above. This request includes (but is not limited to) any correspondence with Nominet, any correspondence between your organisation and other government bodies of any kind or any organisations in the charitable sector.

3. Information about any assessment or study (by internal or external experts) undertaken regarding any impact (financial, SEO, technical or otherwise) of the Nominet proposals on any domain name listed under 1 or its associated website.

4. Information about any correspondence or discussion (internal or external), between your department and any other individuals or bodies about the potential financial, legal or reputational risks to your department or any of its subsidiaries arising from the Nominet Direct.UK proposals to create names that are confusingly similar and could pose a security risk, e.g. resulting in misdirected sensitive email messages and phishing attempts on government domain names.

I look forward to receiving a response to this request and in particular the list of domains under point 1.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs A. Barrow

BETS FOI,

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Please find attached a letter from Peter Jones regarding your request for
information.

 

 

Jane

 

 

Jane Lovibond

Adran Busnes, Menter, Technoleg a Gwyddoniaeth I Department for Business,
Enterprise, Technology and Science

Llywodraeth Cymru| Welsh Government

 

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ran ohono neu unrhyw gorff sy'n gysylltiedig ag ef.
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personal and not necessarily those of the Welsh Government, any
constituent part or connected body.

 

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BETS FOI,

1 Attachment

Please find attached a letter from Peter Jones regarding your request for
information.

 

Jane

 

Jane Lovibond

Adran Busnes, Menter, Technoleg a Gwyddoniaeth I Department for Business,
Enterprise, Technology and Science

Llywodraeth Cymru| Welsh Government

 

Dylai'r datganiadau neu'r sylwadau uchod gael eu trin fel rhai personol ac
nid o reidrwydd fel datganiadau neu sylwadau gan Llywodraeth Cymru, unrhyw
ran ohono neu unrhyw gorff sy'n gysylltiedig ag ef.
Any of the statements or comments made above should be regarded as
personal and not necessarily those of the Welsh Government, any
constituent part or connected body.

 

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Wrth adael Mewnrwyd Ddiogel y Llywodraeth nid oedd unrhyw feirws yn
gysylltiedig â’r neges hon. Mae’n ddigon posibl y bydd unrhyw ohebiaeth
drwy’r GSi yn cael ei logio, ei monitro a/neu ei chofnodi yn awtomatig am
resymau cyfreithiol.

Dear Mr Jones

You say that my original request exceeds the cost and time limit of the FOI act.
Please could I narrow my request just to include the original question 1, which I repeat below for ease of access.
I am interested in a list of names which should already be held and administered by your central IT department and should therefore be easily accessible.

The purpose of my request is to see how these names will be affected by the introduction of .UK by Nominet and to get your department to think about this issue.

1. A list of all domain names managed, maintained, authorised or in any way paid for or operated by the Welsh Government on behalf of itself or any bodies or agencies for which it is responsible. This should include any domain name ending in .com,
.org, .net, .co.uk, .org.uk, .gov.uk, .ac.uk, .police.uk, .sch.uk, .nhs.uk, me.uk, .ltd.uk,
.plc.uk. etc.

I thank you in advance for this information.

Yours sincerely,

A. Barrow

CSOT - FOI/DP,

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Dear A Barrow

Further to your recent request for information, please find attached an
Acknowledgement letter sent on behalf of Aeddan Davies

Yours sincerely

Stephen
Stephen Downs
Business Information Manager / Rheolwr Gwybodaeth Busnes
Central Services Operations Team / Tîm Gweithrediadau’r Gwasanaethau
Canolog
Welsh Government / Llywodraeth Cymru

Phone / Ffôn : 02920 826901
E-mail / E-bost: [email address]

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<<Acknowledgement.doc>>

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Wrth adael Mewnrwyd Ddiogel y Llywodraeth nid oedd unrhyw feirws yn
gysylltiedig â’r neges hon. Mae’n ddigon posibl y bydd unrhyw ohebiaeth
drwy’r GSi yn cael ei logio, ei monitro a/neu ei chofnodi yn awtomatig am
resymau cyfreithiol.

CSOT - FOI/DP,

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Good afternoon

Further to your recent request for information, please find attached a
final response sent on behalf of Aeddan Davies.

Yours sincerely

Stephen
Stephen Downs
Business Information Manager / Rheolwr Gwybodaeth Busnes
Central Services Operations Team / Tîm Gweithrediadau’r Gwasanaethau
Canolog
Welsh Government / Llywodraeth Cymru

Phone / Ffôn : 02920 826901
E-mail / E-bost: [email address]

i iShare user / defnyddiwr iShare

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Wrth adael Mewnrwyd Ddiogel y Llywodraeth nid oedd unrhyw feirws yn
gysylltiedig â’r neges hon. Mae’n ddigon posibl y bydd unrhyw ohebiaeth
drwy’r GSi yn cael ei logio, ei monitro a/neu ei chofnodi yn awtomatig am
resymau cyfreithiol.