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Definitions
•“Government Commercialization”: The
trend towards government agencies charging the public for information services which previously were
considered “public good” and financed by general tax revenue, e.g. geographic and meteorological information. Also
known as “cost recovery”.
•Not to be confused with
“Privatization”: The trend towards transferring functions which are NOT inherently
governmental to the private sector (e.g. utilities, telephone services)