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... Because of the cost structure of public-purpose environmental information systems and the need for their scientific validity, the public interest is best served by funding the trunk and roots out of taxpayer resources, and providing full and open access to a set of reliable core products. However, the value of distributing information derived from the core products in a convenient form to as broad a group of users as possible (i.e., through the branches)
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