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Highlights of ASSE GAC Annual Hill Visits in DC

Posted in Federal Communications 1 day ago

ASSE’s Government Affairs Committee (GAC) conducted its annual Capitol Hill visits and meeting in Washington, DC, May 4-7 in conjunction with ASSE NAOSH Week activities hosted by OSHA at the Department of Labor.   The GAC meets twice a year, in the spring in DC and in the fall in Des Plaines, typically. On Capitol Hill, [...]

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ASSE Urges Obama to Advance I2P2 Rule as Fitting Response to West Explosion and 13 Deaths Daily in US Workplaces

Posted in Federal Communications 4 days ago

In a May 16 letter, ASSE urged President Obama to direct his Administration to move forward OSHA rulemaking on an injury and illness prevention program (I2P2) standard as an appropriate response to the April 19 fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, that took 15 lives as well as the nearly 13 lives lost each day in US workplaces.  A [...]

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ASSE Joins 195 Stakeholders in Fight for NIOSH ERCs and Ag, Farm and Fishing Research Program

Posted in Federal Communications on Thu, May 16, 2013

For the third year, the Obama Administration has proposed eliminating funding for the National Insitute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Education and Research Centers (ERCs) and the NORA Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AgFF) research program.  In response, ASSE has joined with 194 other stakeholders in NIOSH and these programs to oppose the programs’ elimination in [...]

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ASSE and AIHA Call for Study to Move NIOSH

Posted in Federal Communications on Mon, Apr 22, 2013

Citing concerns over the agency’s lack of appropriate resources with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), ASSE and AIHA in a letter to Senator Tom Harken, Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, to request a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study on whether National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) should remain within CDC and, if [...]

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