Data.gov is offline because of the shutdown

FedScoop: Data.gov, the federal government’s central catalog for open data sets, is the latest casualty of the ongoing government shutdown.

Visitors to the site are now met with a simple error message: “Due to a lapse in government funding all data.gov websites will be unavailable until further notice,” it reads. “Updates regarding government operating status and resumption of normal operations can be found at USA.gov.” Per the Wayback Machine, data.gov appears to have gone offline sometime after 9 a.m. on Jan. 9.

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