Substack Daily Updates – 11-17-25

Today I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• Review – Committee Hearings – Week of 11-16-25 – No specific hearings of interest – Three bills of interest to be considered under the suspension of the rules process in the House – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/11/review-committee-hearings-week-of-11-16.html

• HR 5868 Introduced – Water Cybersecurity – Would add community water system cybersecurity support to the allowed use of existing water system grant program funds – No additional funding is provided – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/11/hr-5868-introduced-water-cybersecurity.html

• HR 5078 Passed in House – PILLAR Act – Reauthorization of CISA’s State and local cybersecurity grant program – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/11/hr-5078-passed-in-house-pillar-act.html

On Sunday I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• Review – Public ICS Disclosures – Week of 11-8-25 – Part 2 – For part 2 we have 7 additional vendor disclosures – 18 bulk updates – 5 additional vendor updates – 2 researcher reports – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/11/review-public-ics-disclosures-week-of_16.html

• Review – S 2979 Introduced – Pipeline Safety Information Sharing – Would require PHMSA to establish a voluntary pipeline-safety information-sharing system – No new funding is authorized – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/11/review-s-2979-introduced-pipeline.html

I have removed the following articles from the CFSN Detailed Analysis paywall:

• HR 5078 Introduced – PILLAR Act,

• HR 5062 Introduced – Pipeline Security,

• HR 5371 Amended and Passed in Senate – FY 2026 CR,

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

• I posted the following comment to a discussion on Substack Notes about why most people dislike mathematics: “Because you have to know and follow all of the rules all of the time for things to work.”

• I posted the following comment to a discussion on Substack Notes about blaming teachers for student non-performance: “Unfortunately, we ask/expect teachers to inspire students to learn. I can only remember a handful that did that in my extended learning career, so this is not a new problem. Fortunately, I got my inspiration and encouragement at home, from my parents. They encouraged me to search for information on my own, and helped me to feel free to question the ‘experts’.”