Substack Daily Updates – 1-5-26

Today I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• OMB Approves STB Regulatory Barriers NPRM – STB’s response to requirements of EO 14267 – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2026/01/omb-approves-stb-regulatory-barriers.html

• Review – OMB Receives TSA Pipeline Security ICR Revision Request – 1-2-26 – Revised name and burden estimate change – Based on latest change to TSA SD 2021-02 Series – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2026/01/review-omb-receives-tsa-pipeline.html

• Short Takes – 1-5-26 – Venezuela Issue – Intelligence operations – Aircraft support – Drugs? – World order (2) – Oil issues (2) – Venezuelan Response – Running Venezuela – Operation Absolute Resolve – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2026/01/short-takes-1-5-26-venezuela-issue.html

Yesterday I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• Congress in 2026 – Retirements, resignations, and electioneering will have major impacts in Congress this year – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2026/01/congress-in-2026.html

• Review – S 3202 Introduced – AI Security – Would require NSA’s AISC to develop security guidance for AI technologies – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2026/01/review-s-3202-introduced-ai-security.html

I posted the following to my social media feeds (X, Mastodon, Substack, and LinkedIn):

• I posted the following comment to a discussion of Substack Notes about the word ‘elumbated’: “An interesting word that I think should be used as an adjective used whenever mentioning the name of a certain, not-to-be-named, politician. For example: the elumbated President.”