I believe we have similar issues here, e.g. with the National Weather Service being accused of the same thing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Se

I believe we have similar issues here, e.g. with the National Weather Service being accused of the same thing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service#Controversy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service#Contro... Personally speaking, it seems horrifically absurd that we're paying for the information to be gathered for absolutely essential services, but then are expected to pay again for similar data collected from a separate source.