After decades of serving as a reliable, authoritative public repository of basic information about countries, their economies, and their people, The World Factbook disappeared from the internet on ...

The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and ...

CIA Shuts Down World Factbook After More Than 60 Years ...

The CIA has shut down The World Factbook, ending more than six decades of regularly updated country profiles. The post ...

The US Central Intelligence Agency is ending one of its popular services, The World Factbook. Over the decades, this ...

The CIA shut down its World Factbook resource Wednesday, after it spent more than six decades in existence. The agency announced on its website that the World Factbook “has sunset” without providing ...

The World Factbook was initially published in classified form in 1962 as “The National Basic Intelligence Factbook” intended for officials in the military and government. In 1971, an unclassified ...

For over 60 years of existence, the CIA manual went from being reference material for intelligence officers to one for the ...

A statement on the CIA's website does not give a reason for the decision, simply stating that the publication has "sunset" while encouraging readers to "stay curious about the world and find ways to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Close the cover on the CIA World Factbook: The spy agency announced Wednesday that after more than 60 years ...

The decision to end the publication also comes as the White House moves to reduce staffing at the CIA and the National ...

Before the Internet, there was a certain value to knowing how to find out about things. Reference librarians could help you ...