Congress cutting NOAA chart funding, I wonder?
... written for Panbo by Ben Ellison and posted on Aug 30, 2006
I’m very glad that BoatU.S. keeps a boater’s eyeball trained on the government, but, man, it must be hard to understand what’s going on sometimes. The organization’s latest concern is a Congressional budget proposal that cuts “the President’s request for Mapping & Charting and virtually zeroed out any funding for converting existing paper charts into electronic files.” Say what? The piece goes on to lay out all the reasons why that is a bad idea, including the idea that conversion to ENCs will save money eventually. Anyone guess why congress thinks this program a waste?
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This appears to be yet anothr trick from the Rick Santorum (R-PA) school of let's sell the Federal Govt to the highest bidder. Does it surprise anybody that this comes on the heels of C-Map's purchase by Boeing - a large overcharging Federal contractor. This is really a travesty. It speaks volumes about what those in DC think about We The People who give them their jobs. Remember this on the first Tuesday in Nov!!!!