Federal Data Users

If the Senate doesn't vote to extend government funding, a shutdown will start early Wednesday. 

Here's some information about data casualties during the last government shutdown (2018-2019):

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/01/09/the-data-casualties-of-the-federal-government-shutdown/

And what could be lying ahead, from Hansi Lo Wang's reporting: 

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7378775472995979264/

At PRB, we're downloading federal datasets we think we might need in the near future, in case websites go dark. 

Census.gov website this morning:

If the Senate doesn't vote to extend government funding, a shutdown will start early Wednesday. 

Here's some information about data casualties during the last government shutdown (2018-2019):

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/01/09/the-data-casualties-of-the-federal-government-shutdown/

And what could be lying ahead, from Hansi Lo Wang's reporting: 

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7378775472995979264/

At PRB, we're downloading federal datasets we think we might need in the near future, in case websites go dark. 

Fortunately, data.census.gov/ seems to be working

Census.gov website this morning:

If the Senate doesn't vote to extend government funding, a shutdown will start early Wednesday. 

Here's some information about data casualties during the last government shutdown (2018-2019):

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/01/09/the-data-casualties-of-the-federal-government-shutdown/

And what could be lying ahead, from Hansi Lo Wang's reporting: 

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7378775472995979264/

At PRB, we're downloading federal datasets we think we might need in the near future, in case websites go dark. 

For whatever it's worth, Census.gov is working just fine for me!

Fortunately, data.census.gov/ seems to be working

Census.gov website this morning:

If the Senate doesn't vote to extend government funding, a shutdown will start early Wednesday. 

Here's some information about data casualties during the last government shutdown (2018-2019):

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/01/09/the-data-casualties-of-the-federal-government-shutdown/

And what could be lying ahead, from Hansi Lo Wang's reporting: 

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7378775472995979264/

At PRB, we're downloading federal datasets we think we might need in the near future, in case websites go dark. 

Thanks Meghan! This is good news. The bad news is that data.census.gov isn't displaying any data right now--just blank pages (thank you @Steven Romalewski for alerting me to this.) 

For whatever it's worth, Census.gov is working just fine for me!

Fortunately, data.census.gov/ seems to be working

Census.gov website this morning:

If the Senate doesn't vote to extend government funding, a shutdown will start early Wednesday. 

Here's some information about data casualties during the last government shutdown (2018-2019):

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/01/09/the-data-casualties-of-the-federal-government-shutdown/

And what could be lying ahead, from Hansi Lo Wang's reporting: 

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7378775472995979264/

At PRB, we're downloading federal datasets we think we might need in the near future, in case websites go dark. 

Thanks Meghan! This is good news. The bad news is that data.census.gov isn't displaying any data right now--just blank pages (thank you @Steven Romalewski for alerting me to this.) 

For whatever it's worth, Census.gov is working just fine for me!

Fortunately, data.census.gov/ seems to be working

Census.gov website this morning:

If the Senate doesn't vote to extend government funding, a shutdown will start early Wednesday. 

Here's some information about data casualties during the last government shutdown (2018-2019):

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/01/09/the-data-casualties-of-the-federal-government-shutdown/

And what could be lying ahead, from Hansi Lo Wang's reporting: 

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7378775472995979264/

At PRB, we're downloading federal datasets we think we might need in the near future, in case websites go dark.