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Blogger to Lead OSHA
We got some very exciting news today! The Pump Handle has obtained an email sent to OSHA staff announcing that Jordan Barab will be Deputy Assistant Secretary for OSHA and Acting Assistant Secretary. Blog readers may be familiar with Jordan because his Confined Space blog was for several years ...
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memritv.org — Following are excerpts from a TV debate with chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat , which aired on... Al-Jazeera TV on March 27, 2009. Saeb Erekat : I am sitting in Jericho, in the house where I was born, four kilometers from the Jordan River, and ... (more) Clip Transcript
Effect Measure : Miracle at OSHA
scienceblogs.com — When we started Effect Measure almost four and half years ago, there were few public health oriented... blogs. One notable exception -- and an exceptional exception it was -- was blogger Jordan Barab's Confined Space . It wasn't just a health and safety ... (more) Effect Measure : Miracle at OSHA
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Obsidian Wings — ... Confined Space closed up shop a bit over a year ago when Jordan Barab, who wrote it, went to work for the House Education and Labor Committee. (Earlier, he "spent 16 years running AFSCME’s health and safety program; served as a Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for OSHA; was a recommendations specialist for the Chemical Safety Board.")  And now guess what? From the Effect Measure post that I linked above, which is aptly titled " ...

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Political Animal — ... blogger myself I now appreciate much more fully the skill and dedication it took to put out such a high quality product every day, day after day. He was an amazing writer and reporter and he did it all at the end of a long workday, on his own. And as a defender of workers and their health and safety he was in the very top rank." Confined Space closed up shop a bit over a year ago when Jordan Barab, who wrote it, went to work for the House Education and Labor Committee. (Earlier, he " spent 16 years running AFSCME’s health and safety program; served as a Special Assistant to ...

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