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Homeland Security Hotline: Do Not Call

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Here's one for the You Can't Make This Stuff Up files: USA Today reports that the Homeland Security Department is placing the secure hotline that it uses to communicate with the nation's governors in case of emergency on the federal Do Not Call registry. According to Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner, most of the time when her hotline phone rings, it turns out to be a telemarketer. Other governors have reported the same problem.

Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.

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