TV Public Service Announcement

Below are links to view the new USA.gov public service announcement, "Ask the Government." This video has been sent to local TV stations across the country to help promote the benefits of USA.gov to the American public.

To view the clip in QuickTime, click on the photo below; or select the Windows Media version. The clip is 60 seconds, and the transcript also appears below.

(QuickTime: Includes Captions)
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Microsoft Windows Media
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"Ask the Government" Video Transcript

Featuring USA.gov

Open on a station wagon rolling into a national park. Luggage is strapped to the roof of the car and the family gets out, stretching and tired from the long drive. The dad approaches a friendly park ranger.

DAD: You work for the government, right? Can you tell me how to get student loans for the kids here?
[Ranger shakes head.]

RANGER: Oh, I don't know about that ... you wanna see a geyser?

[Dad turns to family.]
DAD: Back in the car!

Family piles back into the car and pulls away.
[Cut to shots of USA.gov web pages.]

ANNOUNCER: Need federal, state, or local government information? Go to the official source: USA.gov.
[Open on the space shuttle on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral. Cut to inside of shuttle cockpit. An astronaut flips buttons and checks gauges.]

MISSION CONTROL: Countdown clock holding at T-minus nine minutes.

ASTRONAUT: Copy that. [Suddenly there is a knock on the shuttle window. A young couple wave eagerly to the astronaut.]

HUSBAND: Hey there! You work for the government, right?
[The astronaut nods hesitantly.]

HUSBAND: Great! Because we just got married and the wife here needs to change her driver's license.

WIFE: Stone-Karpinsky. I'm hyphenating.
[Astronaut looks confused.]

ASTRONAUT: Mission control ... I think we have a problem.
[Cut to the USA.gov website. Show navigation of pages and searches being typed.]

ANNOUNCER: Go to USA.gov, for everything from renewing your passport to changing your driver's license.
[Cut to an interrogation room where two agents wait for a gangster's confession.]

LEAD AGENT: Well?

GANGSTER: You work for the feds, right?
[The agents nod. The gangster's demeanor changes as he leans in and asks a question.]

GANGSTER: Can I find a slightly used hatchback at one of those government auctions? Something roomy but practical.
[The agents look at each other, confused.]

GANGSTER: With a sunroof?

LEAD AGENT: A sunroof?

GANGSTER: You know?
[Cut to end frame showing USA.gov logo and URL.]