October 1, 2010 at 09:09 PM
A public interest group has sued the Labor Department over OSHA's denial of two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for materials regarding the agency's whistleblower program as the Labor Office of Inspector General (OIG) on Friday issued a scathing report of OSHA's handling of the program. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which filed the suit, also continues to press DOL to remove the program from OSHA in the wake of two reports from Congress' investigative arm criticizing OSHA's management of the effort. PEER has been seeking materials OSHA provided to the Gov