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Old official logo of Federal Occupational Health from 2013 . Federal Occupational Health's earliest predecessor was created in 1946. [1] The Federal Employee Health Division was established in 1947 within the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) Bureau of Medical Services. It was absorbed by the Division of Hospitals in 1949, but was split out ...
4.3 Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services ... Public Health Service. Federal Occupational Health; ... Washington, DC: ...
In August 2010, the Partnership for Public Service ranked the Department of Labor 23rd out of 31 large agencies in its annual "Best Places to Work in the Federal Government" list. [ 15 ] In December 2010, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis was named the chair of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness , [ 16 ] of which Labor has been a member ...
Federal Building No. 8 in the late stages of construction around 1963. The building was constructed in 1963 as Federal Office Building No. 8 to house laboratories for the Food and Drug Administration, an agency of the neighboring Health and Human Services, located across the street in the Hubert H. Humphrey Building. [2]
The Bureau of Labor Standards of the Department of Labor has worked on some work safety issues since its creation in 1934. [4] Economic boom and associated labor turnover during World War II worsened work safety in nearly all areas of the United States economy, but after 1945 accidents again declined as long-term forces reasserted themselves. [5]
Pages in category "Medical and health organizations based in Washington, D.C." The following 116 pages are in this category, out of 116 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
It became the National Communicable Disease Center effective July 1, 1967, and the Center for Disease Control on June 24, 1970. At the end of the Public Health Service reorganizations of 1966–1973, it was promoted to being a principal operating agency of PHS. [8]
Unlike its counterpart, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, NIOSH's authority under the Occupational Safety and Health Act [29 CFR § 671] is to "develop recommendations for health and safety standards", to "develop information on safe levels of exposure to toxic materials and harmful physical agents and substances", and to "conduct research on new safety and health problems".