NIOSH Faces Budget Cut This Year, But Could See Savings From OSHA Reg Change

NIOSH will face a roughly $6 million funding cut for the balance of fiscal year 2011, filtered down from reductions to its umbrella agency the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NIOSH chief John Howard told Inside OSHA Online in an exclusive interview. But NIOSH potentially could reap some savings due to OSHA’s removal of a recordkeeping requirement as part of the Obama administration’s regulatory review, as the research agency will no longer be forced to expend money and personnel resources on maintaining and storing the OSHA-required records. OSHA plans to ax its requirements