March 17, 2011 at 09:05 PM
Several Capitol Hill staffers have already voiced their support for maintaining funding levels for two NIOSH education and research programs that would be eliminated under the Obama administration's proposed budget for fiscal year 2012, a government affairs source closely following the issue told Inside OSHA Online. The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and organization members have been quick to press Congress not to eliminate the agency's Education Research Centers (ERCs) and Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing (AFF) sector, both of which are proposed for zeroing out in the presi