Blogger thinks United States government is really cool
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A recent study said the Web sites of the U.S. government are third best in the world, behind Singapore and Taiwan. Jon Roig, a Website developer from Phoenix, thinks America is tops.
His new weblog, called Cool Gov, features information and images from scores of government Web sites. He's posted entries about food safety month, trends in piracy and armed robbery at sea, slang terms for illegal drugs, and a failed government plan to stop hurricanes.
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