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All CDC data is no longer visible to comply with executive orders

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Re: All CDC data is no longer visible to comply with executive orders

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Post by paphillips »

borski wrote: post #7
jeffbee wrote: post #5

https://www.census.gov/ is also offline.

Is it? Seems up to me. [edit] Oh, I see, the actual 2020 census data is down: https://www.census.gov/2020results Says for maintenance.

The main site was replaced with a mostly empty blank page earlier today.

The bizarre thing was that the page source at that time had almost nothing except some odd javascript to build a "508 Daily Report" table of Jira tickets or some nonsense.

That view appears to still be up here: https://www.census.gov/main/

I can't really blame someone for a bad deployment given the raging government dumpster fires at the moment.

Re: All CDC data is no longer visible to comply with executive orders

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Post by goosedragons »

borski wrote: post #7
jeffbee wrote: post #5

https://www.census.gov/ is also offline.

Is it? Seems up to me. [edit] Oh, I see, the actual 2020 census data is down: https://www.census.gov/2020results Says for maintenance.

Lots of links seem down for "maintenance". Not just the 2020 census.

Re: All CDC data is no longer visible to comply with executive orders

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Post by Eduard »

readthenotes1 wrote: post #17
pesus wrote: post #4

There is nothing good that come from this. We are headed for disaster, especially if bird flu or something else starts spreading quickly enough.

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> It should be ok to post about that

> "Data.CDC.gov is temporarily offline"

Re: All CDC data is no longer visible to comply with executive orders

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Post by Arubis »

rayiner wrote: post #27
aaomidi wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is quite literally a legal risk to ignore these orders.

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Indeed. The CDC’s data are funded by the public. An argument can be made that working for the public means ensuring the public has access to what they own.

Re: All CDC data is no longer visible to comply with executive orders

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Post by systemstops »

SpicyLemonZest wrote: post #20
fergbrain wrote: post #16

Is this malicious compliance or is the data all really in violation of the EO?

I think it’s pretty reasonable that it might take more than 2 days to review all CDC datasets for whether they “inculcate or promote gender ideology”. If the administration wanted to avoid interruptions in access they should have provided a longer timeline.

I think they should have been more specific with their wording of the order. It does not specifically say studies or datasets, but it doesn't make it clear that they should be excluded. The actual order:

- Take down all outward facing media (websites, social media accounts, etc.) that inculcate or promote gender ideology.

- Withdraw any final or pending documents, directives, orders, regulations, materials, forms, communications, statements, and plans that inculcate or promote gender ideology.

Re: All CDC data is no longer visible to comply with executive orders

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Post by grantmuller »

Like a penetration test or a security test, you don't know where you're out of compliance until you perform an audit; you don't normally shut down your site in the meantime.

The correct way to comply with this is to suggest that you don't believe that you're out of compliance, and to request specific guidance on which particular datasets aren't in compliance that should be removed.

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