Washington County’s new website, which has a “.gov” extension, goes into effect on Monday.

The county government is moving from co.washington.mn.us to a new, more secure domain — washingtoncountymn.gov — and updating each county employee’s email address with the new domain extension.

The new website address complies with Federal Homeland Security recommendations. It also creates consistency with other government organizations, builds public trust in the website, and takes advantage of enhanced security features that come with “.gov” domains, county officials said.

The “.gov” extension can be used only by U.S.-based government organizations. It is managed by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which provides layers of security that other domains such as “.com,” “.org” and “.us” do not, officials said.

The public can continue using the former website address, www.co.washington.mn.us, which will automatically redirect to washingtoncountymn.gov. This fall, the county will transition all county email addresses to the washingtoncountymn.gov address.

Washington County Library’s website address will not change. It remains www.washcolib.org.

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