Coding error blamed after parts of Constitution disappear from US website
The Library of Congress today said a coding error resulted in the deletion of parts of the US Constitution from Congress’ website and promised a fix after many Internet users pointed out the missing sections this morning.
“It has been brought to our attention that some sections of Article 1 are missing from the Constitution Annotated (constitution.congress.gov) website,” the Library of Congress said today. “We’ve learned that this is due to a coding error. We have been working to correct this and expect it to be resolved soon.”
The missing portions of the Constitution were restored to one part of the website a few hours after the Library of Congress statement and reappeared on a different part of the website another hour or so later. The Constitution Annotated website carried a notice saying it “is currently experiencing data issues. We are working to resolve this issue and regret the inconvenience.”
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