Interest In Bailout Bill Slows House Web Sites
From CongressDaily's TechCentral:
Intense public interest in the bill outlining the bailout of the nation's financial industry overwhelmed the House of Representatives computer and Internet systems on Monday, making it difficult, and sometimes impossible, to access certain Web sites.
Users trying to access some House sites found it virtually impossible to do so for much of Monday. Internet surfers trying to access the Web site of the House Financial Services Committee frequently received a message saying the committee's site was unavailable. The site contained text of the $700 billion bailout bill, the 2008 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act and explanatory language, which the House defeated Monday.
Web traffic to sites was three to four times greater on Monday, said Jeff Ventura, a spokesman for the House chief administrative officer. The spike was due to a "dramatic increase" in the number of constituents e-mailing their representatives about the bailout bill and attempts to download the bill, he said. Read the full story here.
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