Risk-Risk Analysis: OMB's Review of a Proposed OSHA Rule

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) decision to suspend a review of a rule proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) based on a reliance on risk-risk analysis, which attempts to estimate increased mortality risk indirectly attributable to the costs associated with implementing the OSHA rule.