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June 17, 2005

Congress Presses to Privatize USGS Data

Congress Seeks to Privatize Some USGS Water Activities
Kris Christen
More of the data collection and analysis work conducted through the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) cooperative water program could be privatized under language in the U.S. House of Representative's Department of the Interior fiscal year 2006 appropriations bill. Supporters of the privatization language say that it would stop USGS from competing with the private sector, but many environmental managers fear that important data collection efforts would be weakened.

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Posted by Donna Braquet at June 17, 2005 03:35 PM