FACT SHEET
OSHA RESTRUCTURING
- The Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs will replace the current Directorate of Federal-State Operations. The new Directorate will coordinate OSHA's role in carrying out compliance assistance and outreach related functions. Three new offices will be created in the new Directorate: the Office of Small Business Assistance; the Office of Partnerships and Recognition; and the Office of Outreach Services and Alliances. The current offices of State Programs and Training and Education will remain unchanged.
- The Directorate of Evaluation and Analysis will replace the current Directorate of Policy. This new Directorate will focus on performance measurement and program evaluations, including on-site audits of Regional and Area office operations. The Office of Statistics, currently part of the Directorate of Information Technology, will be transferred to the new Directorate. The Office of Regulatory Analysis will continue to be a part of the Directorate of Evaluation and Analysis. The Correspondence Control Unit will also move to the new Directorate.
- A new Directorate of Standards and Guidance will replace the existing two directorates that develop and promulgate standards: the Directorate of Health Standards and the Directorate of Safety Standards. In the new unified Directorate, all safety and health standards development activities will be integrated, streamlining OSHA's rulemaking activities. A new function will be added to the Directorate of Standards and Guidance: planning, developing and managing non-regulatory approaches, which will supplement the Agency's rulemaking efforts.
- The Directorate of Compliance Programs will become the Directorate of Enforcement Programs, and several management layers will be removed within the Directorate. The Office of General Industry Compliance Assistance will become the Office of General Industry Enforcement, and its subordinate Divisions will be eliminated. In a parallel change, the Office of Health Compliance Assistance will be renamed the Office of Health Enforcement, and its subordinate Divisions will also be eliminated. The current Division of Maritime Assistance will be elevated to an office level, and will be renamed the Office of Maritime Enforcement. The current Office of 11(c) Programs will be renamed the Office of Investigative Assistance.
- The Paperwork Reduction Act function as it relates to standards promulgation will be consolidated in one staff that reports to the Director, Directorate of Standards and Guidance.
- The current Office of Reinvention will be eliminated. The staff of that organization will be reassigned to the new Directorate of Evaluation and Analysis, where they will work on performance measurement, program evaluation, and customer service-related functions.
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