US government websites disappear in real time

Several government websites have been downloaded, including USAID.gov, Orewsossistance.gov, neglected disseases.gov and kidsinadversity.gov. Cable analysis of more than 1000 federal.

Friday, Reuters reported This word on the sites that are taken offline was the result of confusion about the new language guidelines allowed to appear on federal sites. The agencies were instructed to “download all media facing external (websites, social media accounts, etc.) that apply or promote gender ideology from 5:00 pm, Friday, January 31.

This move is the last step in the course of the Trump administration towards a radical processing of the US government. Shortly after he took office, Trump Administration Downloaded Reprodutiverights.govwhich provides information about reproductive healthcare. An increasing number of US government websites has come off from mid -January.

Together with USAID server sites, youth Before being downloaded, an archived version of Return machine It showed that it includes a publication entitled “Preparation for National Day of MLK Jr.”.

A USAID employee tells Wired that employees are struggling to keep digital copies of regulations from archived versions of the site and that at least some are locked from their systems, including staff files, pay and benefit information. “Decades of taxpayers have disappeared for a moment,” says the employee, who demanded anonymity as they are not authorized to speak with the press. “We have no idea what is happening behind the scenes or what will come back, when and in what form. “

Add the employee: “The staff cannot even enter the DEC (Clearing of Dec Clearinghouse, a publicly available USAID document database) to provide copies of open access reports.”

Another USAID employee tells Wired that they still have access to internal work systems on Saturday afternoon, but have limited visibility in what is happening and why.

“We were not allowed to contact our partners,” says the employee, who was also given anonymity. “We have been preserved in the dark and this is just a continuation of it.” The employee added that they were worried that the agency would be reduced to the “skeleton of what we were”.

Other sites, including healthdata.gov, supervision.gov and vaccines.gov, are also darkened periodically. It is unclear whether these short downloads are related to the recent executive order or some are due to unrelated technical problems. However, some sites, such as Prosperafrica.gov, explicitly state: “In order to comply with the president’s executive orders, this website is currently supporting while we quickly and detail all the content.”

Wired has built software to systematically check the status of 1374 government areas. The tool manages periodic scans, tracking whether the sites remain available, how their servers react and whether the domain names are still allowed. This allows us to watch the models over time and catch moments when sites suddenly disappear – sometimes minutes or hours later appear. Some of these interruptions can be assigned to routine maintenance or technical problems. Others suggest broader infrastructure failures or deliberate removal.