Today's New York Times features an in-depth expose of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The article highlights a variety of OSHA failings. The problem lies not in what OSHA does, but in what it does not do: Since George W. Bush became president, OSHA has issued the fewest significant standards in its history, public health experts say. It has imposed only one major safety rule. The only significant health standard it issued was ordered by a federal court. The part of OSHA charged with new regulations is the Safety and Health Standards program. President Bush's FY 2008 proposed budget requests $17 million (including salaries) for this program, a mere 3.5% of OSHA's total budget. The budget requests about twice that amount ($32 million) for safety and health statistics. Nonetheless, $17 million is a pretty big chunk of change. Moreover, the Safety and Health Standards program employs 83 people but estimates it will promulgate only three standards in FY 2008. Your tax dollars at work.