dimanche 6 octobre 2013

Closure of gov ' t of 1 day of United States: sick Healthcare.gov, NASA grounded

Summary: Healthcare.gov is not a great start, but Wall Street and VC partners seem more worried about the pulse of Twitter IPO.

 

The closure of the US Government has caused a disaster everywhere, and technology is one of the vertical bleeding most publicly so far.


Here is a summary quick some of large items entries related technology on day one only:

Healthcare.gov: no doubt this has received the most attention - not only because it is launched today, but also because health is at the heart of the heated debates that led to the current state of affairs. While the new health insurance market is alive and accessible, many visitors are having problems setting up the accounts. Government officials have attributed the failures to heavier traffic than expected waves.Web site stops: the personal essential does not permit for the duration of the closure, some government agency centers will not be updated - or even maintained at all. An example is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health intelligence service warned in a notice posted on its website on Tuesday "the information on this web site is not up to date, transactions submitted via the website can not be processed, and agency may not be able to answer questions until the credits are enacted." Presumably an epidemic across the country would be an exception - or at least one would expect.NASA: let us not forget that it is not only the Americans within the boundaries of all 50 States that should be concerned with the closure. In all seriousness, this affects many people here into outer space. Once again, many government agencies are being forced to furlough employees, and one of the greatest cuts is being at NASA. The space agency's work force is being cut of approximately 18,000 people to less than 600. However, officials have promised to help the crew of the international space station are not hindered.Twitter: work visa applications are not read and much-needed salaries for many Americans are going to be delayed, but analysts on Wall Street and Silicon Valley venture capitalists seems more worried about the pulse of Twitter IPO than anything else. This media frenzy could not have been one of the most predictable question marks the result of the stop, but it is causing concern among some that it is being reported that the social network will make its initial public offering of made public this week. Remember, the San Francisco company finally announced (via Tweet) in September of its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission S-1. However, Twitter declined to reveal its value and proposed initial stock price. Nevertheless, SEC is expected to remain open during the next few weeks. Thus, while closing lasts long, Twitter of the IPO should not go well, unless that advertisement refers.

Once again, there are many, many more agencies, departments and services in all industries affected by the closure of the federal Government. But this is only day one and is difficult to predict how much still at this point the closure will last.

Topics: Government U.S., Legal, Nasa / space, technology, the industry

Rachel King

Rachel King is a writer for San Francisco-based ZDNet.

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