Amber alert website down due to government shutdown

[Toler]

Amber alert website down due to government shutdown
10/6/13

The Amber alert system, the national missing-child warning program, has been shut off due to the government shutdown, according to the Department of Justice.
 
“Due to the lapse in federal funding, this Office of Justice Programs website is unavailable,” it says on amberalert.gov.

http://m.washingtonexaminer.com/amber-alert-website-down-due-to-government-shutdown/article/2536887?custom_click=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[Toler]

http://www.letsmove.gov/

...yet this site is still up and running!

[Toler]

After Bad Press and Confusion, Justice Department Restores Federal Amber Alert Website
10/7/13

After being taken down, officially because of the government shutdown, the federal website dealing with alerts about abducted children – AmberAlert.gov – was restored Monday morning.
 
"The Amber Alert system was never interrupted, but to eliminate any confusion, the informational site maintained by the Justice Department has been restored,” Justice Department spokesman Brian Fallon told CNN.
 
The website for the Office of Justice Programs, which hosts Amber Alert information, has been "shut down" due to funding issues, a senior Justice Department official told CNN.
   

http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/07/after-bad-press-and-confusion-justice-department-restores-federal-amber-alert-website/

[sharon]

Not sure about the website or what it does - but I received an Amber Alert on my iphone this past SATURDAY night, as did several other patrons in the restaurant.