copyrights from gov Hi Mark To answer this question no not all content on gov web pages is in the public domain Works created by employees of the U S federal government as a part of their duties are PD but publications by state and local governments which often use gov too are generally not To make things even more complicated we even need to be careful with publications of the federal gov as they may contain content copyrighted to contractors or included under fair use Take a look at WP PD U S government works for more info All the best