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Slashdot: Are Shuttered Gov't Sites Actually Saving Money? 2013-10-05 7:16am -07:00T Visit Slashdot Outtake: Lots of U.S. government agencies' websites are partly or fully shut down, many of them with messages like this one, from the front page of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory: "Effective 7 p.m. EDT, Friday, 4 October 2013, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) temporarily suspended all US operations because of the US Federal government shutdown. All NRAO facilities and buildings are closed; NRAO personnel, other than a skeleton crew, are on furlough and cannot respond to emails or phone calls." Brian Doherty argues at Reason that many of these shutterings don't actually seem to make any financial sense, and that the sites are down more as a public statement than out of fiscal prudence. If you're involved with running an organizational web site (government-funded or not), do you agree? Read more of this story at Slashdot. Read More on Slashdot...   © Copyright 2013 Slashdot. All rights reserved. If you've enjoyed this content, please visit Slashdot to show your appreciation. Information for Bloggers

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