[Infowarrior] - EconomicIndicators.Gov to stay online

[Richard Forno]

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From: William Knowles

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2008/02/21/after-complaints-econ-data-portal-
to-stay-open/

February 21, 2008, 2:34 pm

The U.S. Department of Commerce appears to have turned away from its
plans to yank the plug on Economicindicators.gov, a Web portal
describing its mission as providing "timely access to the daily
releases of key economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic
Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau."

News of the impending closure of the site had been making the rounds
since last week. Sen. Charles Schumer (D., N.Y.) complained publicly
about it. And earlier today, a note at the top of the site said "due
to budgetary constraints, the Economic Indicators service will be
discontinued effective March 1, 2008." But after 1 p.m. EST a
different, rather lengthy, announcement graced the top of the Web
page. It begins: "The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economics and
Statistics Administration (ESA) has decided to continue the
economicindicators.gov website - ESA initially planned to discontinue
the service due to cost concerns but given the feedback ESA received,
the decision has been made to continue the site and improve its
functionality." A commerce department spokesperson was not immediately
available for comment.

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