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The GSA (our government’s “Gay-Straight Alliance”) launched a “weblog” as part of fulfilling the president’s long-forgotten 2002 “eGov” initiative. Just like the State Department! It’s called “GovGab”, which is at least much harder to turn into a juvenile pun than “DippinDotGov” or whatever State called their stillborn attempt at Internets Relevance. It’s in the content, though, that GovGab becomes a more embarrassing horror show than State’s boring diplomacy site. Let’s meet the bloggers! MORE »

We hope you’re feeling totally wired for Meth Day! The US Department of Justice has set up a website celebrating this cherished American holiday. On it, we learned: MORE »

Education Secretary (and Jeopardy loser) Margaret Spellings: MORE »

The CIA, apparently eager to recruit 16-year-old girls, has a brand-new personality quiz on their website. It will kill all of two minutes of work today, so check it out! The AP reports that it will use your answers to inane, non-CIA-related questions (most of them having vague connection to glamorous spy movies, but seemingly as written by a committee of people generally unfamiliar with spy movies) and classify you into one of the following groupings: “daring thrill-seekers, thoughtful observers, curious adventurers, innovative pioneers or impressive masterminds.” MORE »

The charming magazine mockup above was produced (we are not making this up) by your DEA, which has apparently contracted Patrick Hearst’s non-union Mexican equivalent for propaganda purposes. MORE »

Legislative Achievements [Bill Frist, M.D. via Hotline On Call]
GOP Legislative Achievements [The Corner]

The INS and the Government Printing Office, working together to ease the transition of the new citizen into American life, have printed out helpful Civics flashcards. Because we can always use a refresher course, we thought we’d take the quiz ourselves. Oh, here’s an easy question:

Ah, we know that one by heart. If we had to pick just one portion that was particularly dear to us, though, it’d be freedom of the press. The press being the only non-government profession specifically mentioned and protected by the Constitution itself! Sweet memories of high school civics class are flooding back to us, and we’re proud to call ourselves citizens of… wait, hold on…

Hmm. Well, we’re sure they got the Second Amendment right, at least. MORE »

To quote our tipster: “Take the what challenge, now?” MORE »

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service wants you to do your part to help stop the Bird Flu! They want your help so bad, in fact, that they’ve unveiled a web-based campaign designed to convince you that keeping your birds alive is in your best interest! MORE »

When you invite the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms onto your college campus, well, you just gotta expect they’ll eventually tackle a student who happens to be dressed as a ninja. No use getting so worked up about it. Still, it provides us with additional insight into the life of your typical ATF employee. We can’t decide which is more fitting, this:

Or this:
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