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Emails From the Federal Government Dropped by 4/5 During the Shutdown: GovDelivery
- Nextgov, Thursday, October 17, 2013 3:18 PM
Emails from government agencies to citizens were down more than four-fifths during the partial government shutdown, according to GovDelivery the company that manages email alerts for about half of federal agencies. The week before the shutdown, GovDelivery's platform systems sent more than 650,000 government emails to more than 66 million subscribers on behalf of 170 federal organizations. During the week of Oct. 6 when the shutdown was in effect, the company sent less than 1,200 emails to 17 million subscribers from less than 75 federal organizations.
