Federal websites go dark amid government shutdown

By Megan O’Neil, The Chronicle of Higher Education. The budget impasse in the United States that brought non-essential operations of the federal government to a halt last Tuesday also had a major impact on websites used by many educators, researchers and students. The shutdown, which triggered furloughs for approximately 800,000 federal workers and the closing of offices, research labs and national parks across the country, is expected to affect colleges, students and academic scientists only minimally at first. More...