Sub-agency or bureauMedium

Forest Service(FS)

National forests and grasslands, wildfire management, recreation, conservation, and forest research.

Function

Sub-agency or bureau

Parent

Department of Agriculture

FY2026 Budget Authority

Official Data

USA.gov

Evidence & Review

Evidence Confidence

Medium

Verification Status

AI-researched, unverified

Last Reviewed

Jul 5, 2026

Retrieved On

Jul 5, 2026

Modernization Levers

Medium

Digital case/grant/service workflows, interoperable data, risk-based oversight, and shared services where the parent department can supply them without erasing mission expertise.

Administrative Burden Review

Medium

Identify who is forced to learn this bureau's rules: beneficiaries, applicants, regulated entities, grantees, state partners, researchers, or frontline staff. Reduce that burden through reusable evidence and clearer status information.

Duplication & Coordination Review

Medium

Coordinate with sibling bureaus before proposing consolidation. Some overlap is useful when it supplies checks, field presence, or resilience.

Risk & Guardrails

Medium

Do not cut mission-critical inspectors, adjudicators, scientists, field staff, or technical experts before the replacement process has proved it can preserve accuracy and rights.

Innovation Party Proposal

Research draft

Improve FS through Wildfire incident finance modernization, fuel-treatment outcome data, shared permitting with Interior, and maintenance prioritization.