About Us
The Enterprise Program was initiated in 1997 by the Region 5 Reinvention
Lab as part of the National Performance Review. In 2006 the program became a permanent, national program.
Some of the key aspects outlined within the program area are:
Choice — Enterprise Units provide
an alternate choice for Forest Service units to obtain support and
services.
Financial Accountability — Enterprise
Units receive no direct appropriated funds and must strive for full cost recovery. As such, unit members develop heightened
awareness of costs, delivery of quality, and gains in efficiencies.
Work with a Purpose — Enterprise
Units do not work for profit like commercial businesses. They work
for the purpose of contributing to the Forest Service Mission, and
through their training and experience exercise a discriminating
awareness of effectiveness and efficiencies.
Spreading Cost Awareness — Forest
Service units that utilize enterprise services frequently are exposed
to how enterprise recognizes expenses and calculates rates of cost
recovery used to estimate project costs. This begins the expansion
of true cost recognition beyond the nucleus of enterprise.
Additional Information
relating to Enterprise
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Forest
Service’s Enterprise Program Gains Recognition. The Enterprise Initiative was selected as
a semifinalist in the 2000 Innovations in American Government
Awards Program. In addition to the abovementioned honored award
recognition the Forest Service’s Enterprise Program was
highlighted this year at the July, Excellence in Government
2000 Conference – CONNECTING CITIZENS SERVICES RESULTS.
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