Substack Daily Updates – 11-19-25

Today I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• OPM Sends RIF NPRM to OMB – This looks like an effort to gut the civil service protection of the bureaucracy and return to the political patronage mode of hiring new staff every 4 years – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/11/opm-sends-rif-nprm-to-omb.html

• CSB Adds AES Explosion to the List of Open Investigations – 11-18-25 – This brings the total number of open investigations to 9 – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/11/csb-adds-aes-explosion-to-list-of-open.html

• Review – Bills Introduced – 11-18-25 – 81 bills – HR 6089 and S 3188, biomanufacturing – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/11/review-bills-introduced-11-18-25.html

• Short Takes – 11-19-25 – Federal Register Edition – DOJ notice on US vs HPE-Juniper Networks – EPA EDA TSCA risk evaluation – HAZMAT by drone – EO 14359 – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/11/short-takes-11-19-25-federal-register.html

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

• I posted the following to a discussion on Substack Notes about the picture of a drive-in movie speaker: “High Fidelity sound hanging on the window…. Sigh, oh for the ‘good ole days’ with friends riding in the trunk…”