CZ.NIC association to provide the Czech state with the registry and operation of the gov.cz domain

The Czech national domain administrator, CZ.NIC association, has been successful in an open tender for the operation of the system and infrastructure for the gov.cz domain, designated by government decree as the primary domain bringing together all public digital services provided by the Czech government.

The Czech national domain administrator, CZ.NIC, has been successful in an open tender for the operation of the system and infrastructure for the gov.cz domain, designated by government decree as the primary domain bringing together all public digital services provided by the Czech government.

“Since the gov.cz domain is to become a single domain for all digital services of the government, it is absolutely essential to ensure a solid foundation for its stable operation. This is why the CZ.NIC Association has transferred the gov.cz domain to the DNS infrastructure used to operate the Czech national domain. The Association will utilize its extensive experience with the operation of the domain registry to develop a portal for self-service administration and life cycle of government domains,” said Tomáš Hála, IT Director of the CZ.NIC Association.

“In line with the strategy of our Association, which involves assisting the state in the development of eGovernment, we believe that this will contribute to the improved quality of the key digital infrastructure of the government and, by extension, resolve some of the persistent weaknesses of online services, be it the stability of the DNS infrastructure or the support of new technologies such as DNSSEC,” added Ondřej Filip, CEO of the CZ.NIC Association.

The CZ.NIC Association has long operated and developed a robust DNS infrastructure, which, in addition to the national .CZ domain, also hosts national domains of other countries and key domains of major partners. The development of the administration portal will make maximum use of the open source registration system FRED, which has already been adopted by 10 top-level domain registries around the world.