Calculating the availability of the US government.
As of December 20th, 2020, it stands at 99.8969%.
It will take over 7 years to get to 99.90%.
- required days:
87/(1-.9990) = 87,000 87,000 - 84,390 = 2610 daysor7 years and change
Nominally, the current US Government started on March 4, 1789. However, they didn't actually vote for another month due to lack of quorum (need an exact date). Also, they dubbed their first day of business as Dec 1 of that year. (source)
Washington's start date is also an important consideration, about 2 months after Congress started.
Do we consider this the first "shutdown"?
| Year | Days |
|---|---|
| 1980 | 1.0 |
| 1981 | 1.0 |
| 1984 | 0.5 |
| 1986 | 0.5 |
| 1990 | 3.0 |
| 1995 | 21.0 |
| 1996 | 6.0 |
| 2013 | 16.0 |
| 2018 | 13.0 |
| 2019 | 25.0 |
| Total | 87.0 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_funding_gaps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdowns_in_the_United_States#List_of_federal_shutdowns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_budget_process https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Budget_and_Impoundment_Control_Act_of_1974
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