OIG Probes OSHA Voluntary Programs As Agency Readies Internal VPP Report

The Labor Department's Office of Inspector General (OIG) is launching an investigation of OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) just as the agency prepares to release a recently completed internal review of the program. A source says the draft OSHA report is “critical” of the program's administration, however, a top OSHA official in a speech last week defended the agency's effort to manage the program and said VPP continues to garner strong support from OSHA's leadership. OSHA says that report has been submitted to agency chief David Michaels for his review, but the agency has not said whe