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OSHA Rolls on While NIOSH Fights to Survive: Here’s the Difference

Dave Johnson
Dave Johnson
June 2, 2025

OSHA is currently faring surprisingly well in a GOP-led anti-regulatory environment.


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OSHA Inspectors Spared From Forced Resignations

Dave Johnson
Dave Johnson
May 29, 2025

The White House’s budget request for FY 2026 asks for an approximately 35% deduction to DOL’s funding.


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ASSE’s Safety 2016 Review

Dr. John Howard Reinstated as Head of NIOSH

Dave Johnson
Dave Johnson
May 19, 2025

Letters reversing the layoffs arrived in the inboxes of some NIOSH staff a day ahead of House and Senate hearings May 14 with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. where he faced questions about the layoffs.


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Rescuing NIOSH: Lawsuits & Lobbying Fuel the Blowback

An overview of 8 current events to stay informed
Dave Johnson
Dave Johnson
May 15, 2025

As of mid-May, so many efforts are underway to restore NIOSH funding and staffing (at least eight listed here) that you need a scorecard to keep up. Here is an overview.


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Respiratory Protection

With NIOSH Gone, Who Tests & Approves Respirators?

Dave Johnson
Dave Johnson
May 7, 2025

From 2021 through 2023, a NIOSH lab achieved 1,776 respirator approval decisions.  Work at the lab and the Respirator Approval Program link on the site has now been shut down.


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Hope For NIOSH: States Sue To Block Trump Administration Health Department Cuts

Dave Johnson
Dave Johnson
May 6, 2025

Twenty attorneys general sued the Trump administration on Monday, May 5, 2025, for its mass firings and the dismantling of agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).


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Labor Department Funding Cut 35% In Trump FY 2026 Budget Proposal

Dave Johnson
Dave Johnson
May 6, 2025

The US Labor Department would receive $8.6 billion in 2026 under President Donald Trump’s budget blueprint, a nearly 35% cut from its current funding level, according to Bloomberg News.


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Earth Day

EPA Staffing to Return To 1980 Levels; Trump Proposes 55% Budget Cut

Dave Johnson
Dave Johnson
May 5, 2025

The reorganization follows weeks of speculation about staff cuts and EPA Administrator Zeldin announcing the cancellation of billions of dollars of EPA grants.


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NIOSH Lays Off Most Remaining Staff

90 percent of workforce receive layoff letters
Dave Johnson
Dave Johnson
May 5, 2025

An initial round of layoffs on April 1 cut about two-thirds of the agency workforce — including NIOSH Director Dr. John Howard after a 22-year tenure — on the orders of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 


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Are Safety and Health Pros Disruptors?

Some pros embrace the label, others shun it
Dave Johnson
Dave Johnson
May 1, 2025

Sometimes safety and health pros don’t know whether they are being disruptors or not.


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