The House (Ed & Workforce) Subcommittee on Workforce Protection is about to hold its oversight hearing on OSHA‘s State Plan programs. Majority witnesses include folks from DOL’s IG office, a State Plan Administrator, and a trade association representative. The Minority witness is a union representative from Change to Win. WASHINGTON, D.C. | June 15, 2011 – On Thursday, June 16 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will h

Actually, this makes a lot of sense. Inspector General Reports OSHA Has Not Evaluated Its Enforcement Program Lack of clear guidelines hurts workplace safety. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a hearing to review state workforce protection plans and a recent Department of Labor Inspector General report critical of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) oversight of these state plan

Tomorrow morning, Thursday 6/2/2011, the House HELP Subcommittee will be holding an oversight hearing on the Department of Labor’s financial mismanagement as reported in recent Inspector General Reports. The panelist will will be the Assistant IG for Audit, the Department’s Chief Financial Officer (in the hot seat), and the KPMG (the giant global accounting firm who can’t make heads or tails on DOL’s books). The title of the House hearing is: “Investigating Financial Mismanag