Some inspector general websites were down across the federal government as of midday Wednesday during the first day of the partial government shutdown, after lawmakers on Capitol Hill could not make a deal on a stopgap funding bill.

For at least a half dozen government watchdog offices, their websites appeared blank Wednesday except for a terse message on home landing screens that read: “Due to a lack of apportionment of funds, this website is currently unavailable.”

Inspector general websites for the Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Education all featured the same message.

The sites also provided no access to previously available pages, such as those for published reports and other information created b

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