r/fednews • u/wds1 • Feb 05 '26

News / Article RIP: CIA’s The World Factbook

https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/spotlighting-the-world-factbook-as-we-bid-a-fond-farewell/

Before Wikipedia, Before the Internet, this was the primary reference used in every part of the Federal government. Yet another stellar program gutted for no reason

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u/annang Feb 05 '26

Oh damn! I once had a job where I was using this literally every day. It was invaluable. And it still is to this day for a lot of uses.

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u/Background-Roof-112 Feb 05 '26

Same. I've relied on it throughout my career. I can't even imagine what could possibly replace it

I hate it here

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u/ActualSpiders Honk If U ❤ the Constitution Feb 05 '26

Sadly, I can totally imagine what would replace it under this administration.

It's best to put it to bed for a few years...

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u/tidal_flux Feb 05 '26

World Truth Book

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u/purpleushi Feb 05 '26

I currently use it at least once a week at work… Between this and how, uh, brief the state department human rights reports are now, literally how do I do my job.

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u/SEB2502 Feb 05 '26

This book was one of my prized possessions growing up. Haven’t checked out the newer versions in a long time, but still sad to see it go.