.gov is for "Government" which is a Generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) - Not associated with a country. However, registrants are limited to USA.
Root: ICANN
Registration web site: http://www.nic.gov/
Whois server: whois.nic.gov
Whois web interface: http://www.nic.gov/cgi-bin/whois
Second Level Domains Registered
Notes: General Services Administrations operates domain. See the GSA policy for .gov.
Domain Registration Rules:
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Warning: include() [ function.include]: Failed opening '/home/linksale/domain/other_require/other_gov.txt' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear:/usr/share/php') in /home/wreile/whois-includes/whois-gov.php on line 21
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