Do Secretary’s Orders 3404 and 3405 affect street names or street signs?
No. The names of cultural or man-made features, such as roads, streets, shopping centers, churches, schools, hospitals and airports are not under the Board on Geographic Names’ (BGN’s) purview. The naming and renaming of these entities are the responsibility of the agency or office that manages them.
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What words are considered “Derogatory” under Secretary’s Orders 3404 and 3405?
Secretary's Order 3404 and the Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force considered only the word “sq___” to be within its scope. Secretary’s Order 3405 , also issued on November 19, 2021, created an Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names for DOI to receive input from interested parties regarding additional derogatory terms; derogatory terms applied to federal land units; and to...
Do Secretary’s Orders 3404 and 3405 affect street names or street signs?
No. The names of cultural or man-made features, such as roads, streets, shopping centers, churches, schools, hospitals and airports are not under the Board on Geographic Names’ (BGN’s) purview. The naming and renaming of these entities are the responsibility of the agency or office that manages them.
What criteria did the Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force apply to select replacement names under Secretary’s Order 3404?
A list of five candidate names for each geographic feature was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey as directed by Secretary's Order 3404 . The candidate replacement names were derived through a search of nearby named geographic features until at least five nearby names were available. The candidate replacement name will replace the derogatory modifier. For example, “Castle Creek” is the...
Was Secretary’s Order 3404 limited to only those geographic features on federal lands?
The Board on Geographic Names (BGN) has purview over the names of geographic features on all lands, i.e., federal, state, Tribal, county, local and private land. This purview applies to all natural features (i.e., lakes, mountains, etc.), as well as canals, channels and reservoirs in the United States and its territories and outlying areas. Civil features (i.e., counties, minor civil divisions...
What is Secretary’s Order 3404 and the DOI Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force?
Secretary's Order (S.O.) 3404 , issued on November 19, 2021, declared the word “sq___” to be derogatory and directed a series of Department of the Interior (DOI) actions to replace the word in all geographic names used by the federal government. S.O. 3404 established a 13-member Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force to reconcile the derogatory geographic feature names. It included...
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What words are considered “Derogatory” under Secretary’s Orders 3404 and 3405?
Secretary's Order 3404 and the Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force considered only the word “sq___” to be within its scope. Secretary’s Order 3405 , also issued on November 19, 2021, created an Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names for DOI to receive input from interested parties regarding additional derogatory terms; derogatory terms applied to federal land units; and to...
Do Secretary’s Orders 3404 and 3405 affect street names or street signs?
No. The names of cultural or man-made features, such as roads, streets, shopping centers, churches, schools, hospitals and airports are not under the Board on Geographic Names’ (BGN’s) purview. The naming and renaming of these entities are the responsibility of the agency or office that manages them.
What criteria did the Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force apply to select replacement names under Secretary’s Order 3404?
A list of five candidate names for each geographic feature was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey as directed by Secretary's Order 3404 . The candidate replacement names were derived through a search of nearby named geographic features until at least five nearby names were available. The candidate replacement name will replace the derogatory modifier. For example, “Castle Creek” is the...
Was Secretary’s Order 3404 limited to only those geographic features on federal lands?
The Board on Geographic Names (BGN) has purview over the names of geographic features on all lands, i.e., federal, state, Tribal, county, local and private land. This purview applies to all natural features (i.e., lakes, mountains, etc.), as well as canals, channels and reservoirs in the United States and its territories and outlying areas. Civil features (i.e., counties, minor civil divisions...
What is Secretary’s Order 3404 and the DOI Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force?
Secretary's Order (S.O.) 3404 , issued on November 19, 2021, declared the word “sq___” to be derogatory and directed a series of Department of the Interior (DOI) actions to replace the word in all geographic names used by the federal government. S.O. 3404 established a 13-member Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force to reconcile the derogatory geographic feature names. It included...