Verdict
energy.gov appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | GPT summary status=degraded | GPT summary call failed: HTTP error from GPT: 429 Too Many Requests { "error": { "message": "You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, read the docs: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/error-codes/api-errors.", "type": "insufficient_quota", "param": null, "code": "insufficient_quota" } } |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 27 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Never archivedNo public history of this site | Watch |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by Entrust OV TLS Issuing RSA CA 2 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
TrustSniffer assessed energy.gov on 2026-07-22 and gave it a trust score of 90/100, a high-trust result: the evidence TrustSniffer collected is consistent with an established, legitimately operated site. The trust score runs from 0 to 100, where 100 is the most trusted; it is an automated, evidence-based assessment and not a legal finding.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | UNKNOWN |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 50/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 30% |
- AI page analysis unavailable (page captured; identity not AI-verified)
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of energy.gov.
- The request stayed on energy.gov. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under get.gov. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by foundationdns.com, across 3 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-08-08. Noted
- It is hosted on DOE-HQ, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | get.gov |
|---|---|
| Hosting | DOE-HQ - U.S. Department of Energy, US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 2607:f368:d0e:d0e::e065 |
| Name servers | blue.foundationdns.com, blue.foundationdns.net, blue.foundationdns.org |
| SSL issuer | Entrust OV TLS Issuing RSA CA 2 |
| SSL expiry | Not available |
| Domain age | 26.9 years |
| Domain expiry | 2027-08-08 |
| Archive first seen | Not available |
| Archive snapshots | 0 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about energy.gov at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.