Gao Says OSHA Should Look for Effective Programs

SACRAMENTO - Earlier this year, the U.S. General Accounting Office provided Congress with information about the weaknesses in Fed-OSHA's process of overseeing state plans. "It suggests that effectiveness must be measured," Cal-OSHA Chief John Howard said recently.The OSH act authorizes federal grants to states to cover up to half of a state's total program cost. In fiscal 1993, $67 million, about 23% of the total OSHA budget, went to state programs. Cal-OSHA is one of 21 state plan states that cove