Substack Daily Updates – 1-6-26

Today I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• Reader Comment – FY 2026 CISA Budget – 47 would have defunded CFATS remnants and the ChemLock program – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2026/01/reader-comment-fy-2026-cisa-budget.html

• New FY 2026 Spending Minibus Rule Hearing – Proposed CJS, EWR, and IER spending bill to be introduced today – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-fy-2026-spending-minibus-rule.html

• Review – More on New Minibus Spending Bill – Essentially a conference bill managed by the two appropriations committees – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2026/01/review-more-on-new-minibus-spending-bill.html

• Review – 1 Advisory Published – 1-6-26 – NCCIC-ICS control system security advisory for products from Columbia Weather Systems – Short version – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2026/01/review-1-advisory-published-1-6-26.html

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

• I posted the following comment to a discussion on X about the death of Rep Lamalfa (R,CA): “Another Republican vote lost in the House pending a special election. More problems for Speaker Johnson.”