The deep irony here is that https://www.data.gov/ is still down due to the government shutdown.
But perhaps that's the point. Shutdowns are supposed to be inconvenient.
Or by having the government continue working according to last year's budget planning, like many other countries do. I know of no government shutdown in the Western countries except in the US. Even for "third world" countries such things would be disastrous as armies don't like not being fed and paid.