Jane Torres was kind enough to pass this along. I forward it for your
information.
Tim Singleton, tsingleton(a)iclub.org
Volunteer INGenWeb Coordinator
Adams Co. -
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams
Randolph Co. -
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/
For those of you who use GNIS for find places (including historical), etc.
This information came from our map cataloger.
--Jane
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) of the U.S. Geological
Survey has been taken off the internet along with most of the U.S.
Department of Interior web sites by order of a U.S. Federal Judge until
further notice. The GEOnet names server with foreign names is not affected
because its servers are part of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency of
the Department of Defense.
This court order came about because of a lawsuit involving the Department
of Interior's handling of trust funds for Native Americans. A computer
security test found that computers that held trust fund accounts were
vulnerable to hackers via the internet. As a result the court ordered most
Department of Interior computers to be disconnected from the internet. This
includes the U.S. Geological Survey.