Is the shutdown of the federal government affecting your subscription site business?This weekend, we found two examples of how the shutdown can be helping and hurting the industry.On the pain side, subscription sites that rely on federal data, such as Datamyne, have had to suspend updates of some of their databases, as this lightbox overlay on their homepage declares:

Meanwhile, other sites, like TestingMom.com, have seen an uptick in activity and subscriptions from audiences in the DC-Northern Virginia area, according to CEO Michael McCurdy. “[We’re] not sure what it means,” McCurdy wrote in an email. “Except maybe parents have more time to spend with their kids to help prepare for testing and school enrichment?”What’s your government shutdown story? Are you seeing increased traffic? Or are you stymied by the closure of government services and looking for a workaround? Let us know so that we can tally the affect of this shutdown on the industry!Comment below, tweet your stories to @SubSiteCentral or email me at minalb[at]subscriptionsiteinsider[dot]com.