In response to Zeit's cut and paste, just google "NOAA and corruption".  867,000 hits.  Here are just THREE highlights:

http://www.stripersonline.com/forum/thread/742719/massive-corruption-at-...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/16/eveningnews/main20032336.shtml?

http://yubanet.com/usa/NOAA-Keeps-Gag-Rule-on-University-Marine-Scientis...

This is, after all, an organization that puts gag orders on people, stifles free speech and manipulates data.