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IP: Re: watchdog group listing government information removed frompublic access
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 09:55:08 -0500
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 09:38:42 -0500 From: "William Friedman" <FRIEDMAN () law duke edu> For IP--On Friday I contacted the USGS in Washington to obtain a topo map of my own property. I sought to use a computer-based kiosk that prints maps on the spot that I had used previously at a USGS satellite office. I was told the kiosk is no longer available to the public, "in part" because of September 11. I went to LL Bean (on Friday after Thanksgiving), and used the kiosk bearing both a National Geographic and USGS logo, to obtain the same map. I don't know which scared me more: the government's refusal to let me use its kiosk or the shoppers on Friday.
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