LibGuides: Government Shutdown: Home

What parts of government shut down? How can I still find information?

SAC librarians have collected these very informative sources:

From the Washington Post
Absolutely everything you need to know about how the government shutdown will work.
From CNN
Government shutdown: What's closed, what's open?
Closed for Business
7 Great Resources Explaining the Government Shutdown
From NBC News: Government Shudown, day 14: Where does it go from here?
Here’s a status report on where the struggle over spending and the debt stands.
From PBS Frontline: Cliffhanger
Originally aired in Feb 2013. Frontline investigates Washington's failure to solve the country's debt and deficit problems.
NewsBank (library database)
Read articles from the Express-News or click on the Special Report: World Politics - U.S. Government Shutdown for newspaper articles from the U.S. and around the world.
How to Access U.S. Government Data During the Shutdown
Government websites are not the sole place government information is kept.
Texas State Data Center
Census information for Texas.

From the GOVDOCS listserve:

Here is a list of government websites that are completely offline or "dark":

USGS.gov

Bureau of Economic Analysis (bea.gov)

Business.gov

Census.gov

Data.gov

Disability.gov

ERIC (eric.ed.gov)

FCC.gov

FTC.gov

Library of Congress (loc.gov)

NASA.gov

National Park Service (nps.gov)

NIMH.gov

NIST.gov

NOAA.gov is offline but you can still get to weather.gov

NSF.gov

Nutrition.gov

USDA (usda.gov)