govuptime.com
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government data dashboard
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How HN took it
4 positive, 39 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 14 critical, out of 59 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.
Design: 2 for, 8 againstIdea: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Nice dashboard and good visualization
From 3 comments
Nice dashboard :) Out of curiosity, where did you get the data re: who is furloughed from which departments? I have been working on a similar data graphic but had to collect that…
dandelany on HNI made another chart to visualize percentage of furloughed. NASA, HUD, ED are among the hardest hitters: http://vida.io/discussion/WgBMc4zDWF7YpqXGR thatrailsguy, thanks for the…
dnprock on HNVery nice, good job!
dinkumthinkum on HN
Objections
Bar chart uses a log scale that can mislead
From 3 comments
Ah, that chart on the bottom is on a log scale. I wasn't expecting that... and if I didn't look closer I would have completely misinterpreted it (for example, it appears that the…
arscan on HNI'm not sure if it's just me but the scale on the graph seems a little odd.
Glyptodon on HNNon-linear bar graph scales should be a last resort.
rayiner on HN
Headline says government not operational, which is misleading since many staff still work
From 2 comments
This is a misleading dataviz, I’m afraid. There are around 4 million federal personnel, of which 800k are furloughed, which means the government is running at 80%. So, at the…
mwsherman on HNThe federal government is operational, so the text at the top of the page is politically dishonest. We still have a federal government that is taking care of national defense,…
javert on HN
Requests
Add tooltips or hover explanations for department acronyms
From 2 comments
Feature request: hover pop ups explaining what each of the acronyms mean.
Fuzzwah on HNNice! Just a suggestion: add mouseover tooltips to the department acronyms w/ their full name.
CoachRufus87 on HN
Show cost of the shutdown to the economy
From 2 comments
It would be nice if this also showed how much money the shutdown has cost, being that it costs $12.5 million/hour. http://www.cnbc.com/id/101078145
j_baker on HNShould include cost to the economy!
ep103 on HN
Show total and furloughed employee counts
From 1 comment
Feature request: It would be nice if this page had the total # of employees / furloughed employees.
savrajsingh on HN
Questions
Where does the furlough data come from
From 1 comment
Nice dashboard :) Out of curiosity, where did you get the data re: who is furloughed from which departments? I have been working on a similar data graphic but had to collect that…
dandelany on HN
What does service level for last year mean
From 1 comment
What does ``Service level for last year:'' mean?
PhearTheCeal on HN
Alternatives named
usdebtclock.org
From 1 comment
It's too bad the http://www.usdebtclock.org/ isn't updated for Furlough, it would show some pretty happy numbers right now.
asperous on HN