August 15, 2011 at 06:22 PM
OSHA's decision to take the Office of Whistleblower Protection Programs (OWPP) out from under the enforcement directorate, establish a whistleblower programmatic identity and make a host of OWP administrative changes have drawn mixed reviews, with interest groups still concerned about bureaucratic inefficiency, and industry questioning the agency's failure to consult with management representatives during its exhaustive review of the program. The agency recently released its top-to-bottom review of the whistleblower program (see related documents) and announced a series of changes to give the