The government officially shut down at midnight, which means that, for the time being, only essential government services will be in operation.
High on the list of government services deemed “nonessential” is the management of federal Twitter accounts.
Along with the national parks, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Library of Congress–all of which have effectively closed for business–Twitter accounts for NOAA Hurricane Hunters, NASA Voyager 2, and the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife (among many, many others) are going dark during the shutdown.
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The federal government is currently shut down.
— US Labor Department (@USDOL) October 1, 2013
None of our live animal cams will broadcast during the #shutdown. The cams require federal resources, primarily staff, to run and broadcast.
— National Zoo (@NationalZoo) October 1, 2013
Government shutdown means BEA isn’t crunching numbers, issuing economic reports. Website goes dark. #GovtShutdown
— BEA News (@BEA_News) October 1, 2013
Due to #governmentshutdown, public lands managed by @Interior (Natl Parks, Natl Wildlife Refuges, BLM facilities, etc) will be closed #alert
— US Dept of Interior (@Interior) October 1, 2013
This account will be posting limited recall news during the government shutdown. We will not respond to or monitor tweets.
— U.S. FDA (@FDArecalls) October 1, 2013
Due to government shutdown, we will not be posting or responding from this account. Farewell, humans. Sort it out yourselves.
— NASAVoyager2 (@NASAVoyager2) October 1, 2013
As of Oct. 1, Library of Congress closed until further notice. Events canceled, most web sites inaccessible http://t.co/pW55mRaAG2
— Library of Congress (@librarycongress) October 1, 2013
Because of the federal gov’t shutdown this National Park Service Twitter feed is inactive. We’ll start tweeting again when we get back.
— Statue of Liberty (@StatueLibrtyNPS) October 1, 2013
Due to the lapse in federal government funding, this channel will not be updated until the federal government reopens.
— Dept. of Agriculture (@USDA) October 1, 2013
We will not be tweeting or responding to @ replies during a government shutdown.
— DOT.gov (@USDOT) October 1, 2013
Due to the shutdown, will not be posting new updates or responding to Qs until normal operations resume. Thank you for understanding.
— HUDgov (@HUDgov) October 1, 2013
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We will not be Tweeting or responding to @ replies during the government shutdown. See http://t.co/iksyPyCKVb for more info.
— NOAAHurricaneHunters (@NOAA_HurrHunter) October 1, 2013
Due to the gov’t shutdown, we will not be able to respond to inquiries until appropriations are enacted.
— EDA (@US_EDA) October 1, 2013
This account will not be actively managed during the federal government shutdown.
— NIST (@usnistgov) October 1, 2013
This account will not be actively managed during the federal government #shutdown. Read more: http://t.co/Y2MlESBM0R
— U.S. Commerce Dept. (@CommerceGov) October 1, 2013
This account will not be actively managed during the federal government shutdown. Read more: http://t.co/diLbjWMrr9
— U.S. Census Bureau (@uscensusbureau) October 1, 2013
We’re sorry, but we will not be tweeting or responding to @ replies during the government shutdown. We’ll be back as soon as possible!
— CDC (@CDCgov) October 1, 2013
Sorry, but we won’t be tweeting/responding to replies during the government shutdown. Be back as soon as possible. http://t.co/qIx8cigrnb
— NASA (@NASA) October 1, 2013
We’re sorry: This account will not be actively managed during the federal govt #shutdown. For more info, please visit http://t.co/76mCgzMSe9
— NOAA (@NOAA) October 1, 2013
We will not be Tweeting or responding to @ replies during the fed govt shutdown. See http://t.co/Wq6c1cB8EZ for more info.
— NOAA OMAO (@NOAA_OMAO) October 1, 2013
We will not be Tweeting or responding to @ replies during the #governmentshutdown. Pls see http://t.co/0OKqlawp0I for more info. Thank you.
— NOAA Fisheries (@NOAAFisheries) October 1, 2013
This account will not be actively managed during the federal government shutdown. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
— NTIA (@NTIAgov) October 1, 2013
We will not be Tweeting or responding to @ replies during the government shutdown. See http://t.co/PNnYg4ZgCY for more info.
— NOAA Habitat (@NOAAHabitat) October 1, 2013
As a result of the gov’t shutdown, we will not actively use this account or reply to comments, except in the event of a major emergency.
— Reclamation (@usbr) October 1, 2013
Due to a lapse of government funding, this account will not be active until further notice.
— US Fish and Wildlife (@USFWSHQ) October 1, 2013
During the government shutdown, we will not tweet from or monitor this account. For more info, visit http://t.co/gyuC0v3Ekm
— BLMNational (@BLMNational) October 1, 2013
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