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... Stakeholder Viewpoints 19 PRIVATE-SECTOR VIEWS The goal of private-sector organizations is to sell information products or services on an ongoing basis in a commercial market. Their rewards are primarily monetary, but scientists within commercial companies may also share the same motivations and rewards of academic scientists (e.g., prestige, reputation)
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... Many of these Products build upon government data (em.. a comrnercia~A weather A A ~ ~ in, 5A motivation of Orbital Sciences for entering a public-private partnership with NASA was to become a player in the Earth observations industry.
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... A study commissioned by the Computer & Corornunications Industry Association suggested the following limits on U.S. governmentprovided online and information activities: .
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... 22 The Privatization of Environmental Data


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