I did not warn because I did not want to prejudice the test.
The site WAS working fine for me the second to last time I used it, about 2 months ago. But now I am having trouble accessing a number of government sites, including the firearms registry.
I've sent a note to Apple and to the government webmaster. Maybe if more of us sent a not to the government whiz kids, they would be less Microshaft centric.