Connecticut, Maryland, and Tennessee are using the standard form, but are appending a file name to a registered US Domain address that covers a broad range of agencies. However, since more specific standardized addresses are free under the US Domain, they might consider registering for one. Indiana and Washington are using names that are outside of the US Domain. One concern is that people who use the web site will be confused by the name change, and the second is that the web site name is part of the official naming structure of an entire government or agency system, and therefore cannot be changed unilaterally. Thus, your agency can be known as a subsidiary of a greater superagency, and it can be known as the official state corrections agency under the US Domain.
People can reach the agency under the old familiar URL, as well as the new one.
You may eventually want to standardize on one URL, but maintaining several URLs during a transition period can be good strategy. However, in order to standardize our naming conventions under the US Domain hierarchy, there are policy decisions that we must make as a professional field. While the US Domain provides a format for standardized naming, some aspects of the content of the naming conventions must be decided by users. Deciding Who Decides. The first issue is to identify who should make the decision.