USGS Identified as Government Pork?

This following was taken from Ramesh Ponnuru. He has compiled this list of Government Pork posted on the National Review:

• Washington spends tens of billions of dollars on failed and outdated programs such as the Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Geological Survey and Economic Development Association.

This is among other things that are not qualified with a specific failure or specific outdated program. This is irresponsible conjecture as I have professional interaction with USGS and I use information from the USGS with some regularity. As with the USEPA, the USGS performs valuable functions and information that professional firms do not provide such as the National Map. Can someone indicate why the National Map is a "failed and outdated" program? Both the USEPA and USGS do not execute their respective charges well. Who cares: Anybody that needs a permit from the USEPA or information from the USGS, or if one needs information from the USGS required for a USEPA permit.

Why is this information like the National Map important? It provide GOBS of information at one central location that allows the business that I do to occur more efficiently and profitably. This allows site developers/insurers/all kinds of people to rapidly make decisions with respect to their profession.

Sorry Ramesh, you have not qualified "Government Pork" with this bullet point. This type of blanket generalization does not fly with me or other critically thinking people.