As presumably everyone on the list has heard, the CSB is slated for elimination under the Trump administration's proposed budget framework. The CSB is a non-regulatory agency with a very modest budget ($11 million or so) with no enforcement power, and serves as an honest broker in investigating root causes of major or unusual accidents.  These investigations provide data that not prevents injuries, deaths, and property loss.  Which means that it saves industry money.  A lot of money when you factor in potential liability and insurance costs.

I believe that those behind the proposed cut do not grasp these aspects of the CSB and why it is worth keeping.  It will take  powerful results/outcomes to change their minds.  This means we also need an emphasis on industry outcomes, alas, because we are battling the "overregulation" mindset, but reports from academia are, of course, very welcome.

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Thanks for your help

Rob Toreki