Whistleblower Protection Program To Stay Within OSHA, May Get More Funds, Sources Say

Administration officials have decided not to give the green light to a plan under consideration in the Labor Department to break up OSHA's whistleblower protection program and move some of the functions to the department's Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS), but will instead keep the program housed within OSHA and try to direct more resources to the effort, Washington sources told Inside OSHA Online. The plan had been one of the most discussed options to revamp the whistleblower office, and one of the conclusions coming out of a lengthy internal department review of potential changes