Many of the news stories you might read do not have the context of previous efforts to reorganize the Forest Service. If I recall correctly, the Transformation effort of 2007 was the last major such effort. Many, many thoughtful employees put much effort into this, as we’ve discussed before. It was one of the efforts used in designing this Reorganization. My FOIA for some of the other documents is in process.
I ran across this note in my Transformation file.. thoughtful, well-considered and well-written as we’d expect from Mr. Forsgren. The numbers and emails have changed (and all of them have since retired) , so I didn’t x them out. “Gail” was Chief Kimball FYI.
Once and current concerns:
– Communication
– Measures and baseline
– How do we know that service units won’t be troubled (as ASC) rather than successful (from my experience, the Fr. Collins timber folks, the CAT team, WO Minerals, but I’m sure there are many others).
Perhaps the budget deficit made the need for change clearer this time.
“Burden shift” is not as much of a concern now. That was the idea that administrative processes were taking the time of field people unnecessarily.
Others?
