There is always a move to privatize and that would mean that the items would be held not by the public.
The geodetic survey crowd need to be allowed the freedom of not looking for a particular thing. But work for all of us.
One of my favorite sites is
http://quake.usgs.gov/
And I always have a link to this
http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/FaultMaps/122-38.htm
These are also the people who provide topo maps. They can provide most areas of the country. The scales available vary.