{
  "bibcode": "2013GCN.15279....1K",
  "body": "J. A. Kennea (PSU) on behalf of the Swift Science Operations Team\n\nAs Swift's Mission Operations Center (MOC) is located at Penn State, \nrather than a NASA facility, it will remain fully staffed and operational \nin the event of a US Government shutdown. However, a shutdown may affect \nthe visibility of NASA-based websites, such as the Swift Science Data \nCenter  (SDC) and the GCN, to the outside world (including the Swift MOC). \nIf the SDC and GCN are down, our ability to report on accurate \nlocalization of burst afterglows and evolution of burst light-curves will \nlikely be compromised. Also our partner SDC sites in the UK and Italy will \nlikely not receive new Swift data if the NASA SDC is not available.\n\nIf GCN becomes unavailable, we have put in place a backup webpage that \nhosts the first response GCN Circulars for new Swift bursts (i.e. those \nreporting the initial detection). It can be found at this URL:\n\nhttp://www.swift.psu.edu/gcn\n\nSince we cannot disseminate GCN Notices or Circulars if the GCN site goes \noff-line, interested parties are urged to check this site periodically \nduring any US Government shutdown. Also, the Swift iPhone/iPad app, found \nhere:\n\nhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swift-explorer/id465669299?mt=8\n\ncan be used to be alerted when a new GRB is detected through push \nnotifications.\n\nSwift's TOO website will remain online during any shutdown and our \ncapability to perform TOO uploads is not expected to be affected during \nany shutdown.",
  "circularId": 15279,
  "createdOn": 1380596147000,
  "email": "kennea@swift.psu.edu",
  "subject": "Swift Operations in the event of a US Government shutdown",
  "submitter": "Jamie A. Kennea at PSU/Swift-XRT  <kennea@swift.psu.edu>"
}