Blacked Out Government Websites Available Through Wayback Machine

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Brewster Kahle

(from the Internet Archive’s Archive-it group: Announcing the first ever Archive-It US Government Shutdown Notice Awards! )

Congress has caused the U.S. federal government to shut down and important websites have gone dark. Fortunately, we have the Wayback Machine to help.

Many government sites are displaying messages saying that they are not being updated or maintained during the government shut down, but the following sites are some who have completely shut their doors today. Clicking the logos will take you to a Wayback Machine archived capture of the site. Please donate to help us keep the government websites available. You can also suggest pages for us to archive so that we can document the shut down.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration noaa.gov	National Park Service nps.gov	Library of Congress loc.gov
National Science Foundation nsf.gov	Federal Communication Commission fcc.gov	Bureau of the Census census.gov
U.S. Department of Agriculture usda.gov	United States Geological Survey usgs.gov	U.S. International Trade Commission usitc.gov
Federal Trade Commission ftc.gov	National Aeronautics and Space Administration nasa.gov	International Trade Administration trade.gov
Corporation for National and Community Service nationalservice.gov

32 thoughts on “Blacked Out Government Websites Available Through Wayback Machine”

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Rorey Cathcart October 2, 2013 at 2:06 pm

Thank you for this. Sharing everywhere…
Simon Tanner October 2, 2013 at 2:48 pm

This is great and I have now linked to this from my blog post on the shutdown:
http://simon-tanner.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/government-shutdown-cultural-shutdown.html

All my best, Simon
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Herbert Booker October 3, 2013 at 3:18 am

Shutting down the government leaves this nation vulnerable to those who would shut the country down for a long time or even permanently. Like Rodney King said: “Can’t we all just get along?” Why can’t Republicans and Democrats get along and compromise when it is necessary? Thank God for the people who maintain this wonderful website and remain free as possible from politics and serve their community without favouritism! We are at war like it or not and during World Wars One and Two, the government was not allowed to shut down and make it possible for a fascist victory. This nation became great because our then leaders compromised and worked together for a common goal, we can do it again!
1. Samuel October 4, 2013 at 2:14 am
  
  >>This nation became great because our then leaders compromised and worked together for a common goal
  
  This seems highly unlikely. Is it not more likely that our nation was made ‘great’ because the rest of the world was in ruins after ww2?
2. PatriciaT October 21, 2013 at 5:09 am
  
  Touche’
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Anonymous October 6, 2013 at 6:33 am

http: //www.data.gov isn’t available, either.
I’m not exactly sure what the name for that page is, “US Open Data”?
It had a lot of great open data, from both state & federal sources.
mahdi malekian October 7, 2013 at 6:28 am

Thanks alot

isn’t available http://www.nasa.gov/!!
why???
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Catherine Doyle October 8, 2013 at 3:43 am

Hi there!

I’m a graduate student who studies federal resource administration through the Department of the Interior, and I am DESPERATE for access to Department of the Interior, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Wildlife Refuge System websites! Could you guys please help me out?

Thanks so much!
Best,
Catherine
Frustrated Research Assistant October 8, 2013 at 4:04 pm

CDC website would be great. Thank you for posting this!
J October 8, 2013 at 6:02 pm

Fish and Wildlife Service website! (Department of Interior)
Steven Smith October 8, 2013 at 10:15 pm

I also posted a link to my blog about research:

http://steventrentsmith.blogspot.com/

Thanks IA and WBM for doing this.
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Ashvin Patel December 20, 2013 at 5:28 am

I really wonder what will happen when domain name of such government sites is about expire, will these government domains go out for sale if next time blackout continues for long.

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