From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU> On Behalf Of Richard Rosera
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2021 2:06 AM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Senate Confirmation of CSB Board Members

Both Owens and Johnson were confirmed by voice vote by the Senate.  No word about the confirmation fate of nominee Jennifer Sass so far.

A couple of weeks ago the CSB quietly posted its FY2021 Performance and Accountability Report on their website:  https://www.csb.gov/assets/1/6/csb_fy_2021_performance__accountability_report.pdf.

As in the FY2020 report, their organizational chart as of 9/30/2021 is included.  From a casual perusal, it looks fine - lots of positions and reporting relationships.  But take a close look… 🔍  In addition to the known vacancies at Board level, there are vacancies at the following:

• 10 Investigator positions vacant (note - the two new Investigators added in FY2021 are William Steiner and Samantha Barton Fullerton, but Wills Hougland left the CSB during the year)
• The Director of Administration is vacant (previously Anna Brown in FY2020)
• The Chief Information Officer position is vacant (previously Charlie Bryant in FY2020)
• There is a vacancy in Communications (previously Executive Assistant Allen in FY2020)
• In the Finance group, the Contracting Officer is shown as vacant (previously Humpfrey? in FY2020)
• Both Tom Goonan (previously General Counsel in FY2020) and Ray Porfiri (previously Attorney Advisor in FY2020) are gone, with one Attorney-Advisor position shown as vacant; the position of General Counsel is no longer listed for FY2021

In addition to this, in the Recommendations group, Amanda Johnson has already left the CSB, and Dr. Lemos said at the end of the recent public meeting that Mark Kaszniak (who is also the DASHO [Designated Agency Safety and Health Official]) would be retiring.  This will leave only Recommendations Director Charles Barbee!

Of all these vacancies, only a Contract Specialist position (applications closing on 8/13/2021) is still listed on the "Career Opportunities" portion of the CSB website.  What the heck!  It sure looks to me like the CSB is flat out hemorrhaging personnel.