Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The federal government’s Amber Alert website was restored Monday morning after people expressed outrage.
The site, www.AmberAlert.gov, was temporarily taken offline because of the government shutdown.
“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.
While the website was taken down, the Amber Alert system was still functioning, Justice Department officials said. They said Amber Alerts were still issued, and the system was not impacted.
Keeping the website up requires bringing in furloughed employees, Fallon said.
“It’s a cyber-security risk for sites to be posted but not maintained or supervised,” Fallon said.
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