OSHA budget

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Scott Mugno: What can we expect after his hearing?

December 8, 2017

OK, now that the dust has settled, what do we think about the performance of OSHA Assistant Secretary nominee Scott Mugno after listening to his testimony at his confirmation hearing on Tuesday (and Tweeting it)? Two days after the hearing, there hasn’t been much press coverage. Business Insurance headlined its article “OSHA director nominee faces tough questions at confirmation hearing,” noting Ranking Member Patty Murray’s concern that “Your record that stands against everything OSHA should stand for.”

DOL releases FY 2018 budget request

May 30, 2017

U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta says the fiscal year 2018 budget request for the U.S. Department of Labor he released last week will “help American workers develop the necessary skills to meet the demands of a 21st century economy and get good, safe jobs, provide working families access to paid leave, assist employers in meeting their responsibilities under worker protection laws, and restore fiscal responsibility.”

VPP funding gets a "thumbs up" from ISHN readers

More results from our online survey

February 14, 2017

With a new occupant in the White House, ISHN thought it a good time to conduct an online flash survey to find out what our readers think about the federal agency that most impacts their jobs, OSHA. Will OSHA change under the Trump administration? Should OSHA change under the Trump administration?

2017 could bring smaller budgets for OSH agencies

July 21, 2016

It’s only July, but U.S. workplace safety is already being targeted for spending cuts next year.

New silica rule stays on track in budget deal

December 17, 2015

An effort to derail OSHA’s silica rule – which is expected to be finalized in February of 2016 – was defeated in the appropriations bill released by Congress this week.

Congress takes aim at OSHA’s budget

NIOSH may get a raise, MSHA a slight cut

June 18, 2015

American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Government Affairs Director Aaron K. Trippler explains what the figures just released by the House Appropriations Committee’s Labor subcommittee mean to occupational safety and health agencies, going forward:

Obama’s 7% solution for OSHA is DOA

Aaron K. Trippler

March 26, 2015

If it seems like we just finished talking about the FY15 budget, we did! But in Washington the federal budget has become a year-round discussion.

Outlook: FY 2015 federal budget for OSHA, NIOSH and MSHA and reg reform legislation

Aaron K. Trippler

August 25, 2014

OSHA – It doesn’t make much sense to go through all of the different proposals on the FY15 federal budget, so let’s just stick with the facts as they stand. The only thing that has been actually put to paper is the Senate Labor Appropriations Committee spending bill that would provide OSHA with approximately $557.4 million in FY15.

OSHA funding on a downward trend

Agency has fewer inspectors, many more workplaces to inspect than three decades ago

March 7, 2014

OSHA had fewer health and safety inspectors in 2011 than in 1981 – the first year of the Reagan administration -- even though the number of workplaces doubled to 9 million from 4.5 million, and the number of workers rose from 73.4 million to 129.4 million.

Will OSHA, NIOSH funding be on chopping block in 2015 budget?

AIHA’s Trippler talks political priorities

February 26, 2014

It’s a subject that never seems to go away. Just when Congress has succeeded in finalizing the FY14 federal budget, the FY15 budget is ready to push its way onto the agenda and demand attention. How quickly will it get it?