Henrico government switching to .gov domain

The new domain, henrico.gov, will replace the current domain, henrico.us, and county email addresses, which end in @henrico.gov, with the more secure .gov format, which is available only to official, U.S.-based government organizations and publicly controlled entities.

Users are encouraged to update their contact lists and web bookmarks to the new domain, although the transition will be seamless; emails and visitors to the current domain, henrico.us, will be redirected automatically to the .gov address.

“The change to henrico.gov will help our residents and customers identify official, trusted information from Henrico County,” said Travis Sparrow, director of the Henrico Department of Information Technology. “Visitors to henrico.gov and recipients of an email from @henrico.gov can be confident that the content is authentic Henrico County government information.”

The move is part of an effort by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI to reduce impersonation and cybersecurity risks to election offices and government entities during the general election in November.

Henrico County government officials said the change will not affect the web and email domains for the Henrico County Public Library and Henrico County Public Schools, which will remain henricolibrary.org and @henricolibrary.org; and henricoschools.us and @henrico.k12.va.us, respectively.