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Comment by elihu | Hacker News Reader

Is this site actually affiliated with Donald Trump or is it just something some random person put up?

edit: I suppose the .gov domain makes it look legitimate, but I was hoping for some further word of explanation.

The US General Services Administration owns that domain, according to web-based WHOIS on nic.gov. The .gov domain name is exclusively used by the US government.

Agency : General Services Administration Organization : GSA Domain Name : PTT.GOV Status : ACTIVE

$ jwhois ptt.gov [Querying whois.nic.gov] [whois.nic.gov] % DOTGOV WHOIS Server ready Domain Name: PTT.GOV Status: ACTIVE

>>> Last update of whois database: 2016-11-18T21:36:22Z <<< Please be advised that this whois server only contains information pertaining to the .GOV domain. For information for other domains please use the whois server at RS.INTERNIC.NET.

> The .gov domain name is exclusively used by the US government.

Not directly:

http://www.ca.gov/ https://www.bart.gov/

(and many other entities at government levels other than Federal)

.gov used to have broader rules and there are a lot of grandfathered domains.

It's quite real. It's how you apply for a job in the new administration. The President gets to appoint about 4,000 people at the top of the Government. It's hard to find people for undersecretary level jobs - they pay about $165,000, and anyone qualified for them can probably do better elsewhere.

Incidentally, if you look at the page source, it's Salesforce code.

The "apply for a job" link[1] is a different form than the "tell us your story" link[2]. (Which isn't to say that you aren't correct; the incoming Trump administration may be using the form as a tool to identify "idea people" for the many roles they need to fill.)

[1] https://apply.ptt.gov/ [2] https://apply.ptt.gov/yourstory/

This page is linked to from:

https://www.greatagain.gov/

I assume that is how people found it in the first place.

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