Template:PD-USGov

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In order to avoid further crowding of Category:PD US Government (as of 2019), this template should not be used if the department or part of the federal government which produced the work is known. Instead the template corresponding to the department in Category:PD-USGov license tags should be used.

As of 2022, please use {{PD-USGov-Unincorporated}} for the US Virgin Islands and Guam ("unincorporated territories").

The template automatically sets the following categories: PD US Government

Usage

{{PD-USGov}}

The template takes no parameters.

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Placement: In the "Permission" parameter of the {{Information}} template (or the respective parameter of similar templates) or in the "Licensing" section

Localization

This template is localized through {{Autotranslate}}. The layout of the template can be found under Template:PD-USGov/layout.

To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please copy the code of Template:PD-USGov/en (or any other language version you prefer to translate) and replace the text strings in there (the form below can be used to create a translation, the English version is preloaded in the edit box). Please change the parameter lang from en (or whatever language you are translating) to the language code of your language.