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Re:US citizens with permanent disabilities get free lifetime... by Eumenes on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @07:14PM (#37851589)
Didn't booz allan just make a ton of money off a nps contract?
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Re:US citizens with permanent disabilities get free lifetime... by alistairSH on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @07:32PM (#37851730)
Yes, IIRC, they own the NPS lottery website. And they take a giant slice off the top of every bid placed for those restricted passes.
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Re:US citizens with permanent disabilities get free lifetime... by nofunsir on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @09:20PM (#37852397)
They get the ENTIRE bid and they got in trouble for skirting fee review laws. RECREATION.GOV is one of the most egregious bastardizations of the American public lands. You should be as outraged as if you found out toxic waste was being dumped on the National Parks themselves.

You MUST use recreation.gov and you MUST agree to the privacy policy which INCLUDES connection to Google's tracking servers. That is IF you want to use the public lands we are "preserving" for you to use in the first place.

It's utterly absurd and no one cares.

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