Substack Daily Updates – 2-23-26
Today I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:
Short Takes – 2-22-26 – New tariff plans – SOTU problems – ICS vulnerabilities – Campus vaccine issues – Narco next-gen submersibles – Non-state actor chemical warfare – AI hunt for antibiotics – Backlog list – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2026/02/short-takes-2-22-26.html
Review – Committee Hearings – Week of 2-22-26 – Light hearing schedule and none of specific interest here – One space geek bill on the floor of the House – HR 7147 show continues – and SOTU speech tomorrow – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2026/02/review-committee-hearings-week-of-2-22.html
Review - FAA Publishes CUAS Coordination ICR Notice – 2-13-26 – Case-by-case request for authorization to conduct counter UAS operations – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2026/02/review-faa-publishes-cuas-coordination.html
House Passes HR 2600 – ASCEND Act – Would authorize in statute the existing Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) program – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2026/02/house-passes-hr-2600-ascend-act.html
Yesterday I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:
Review – Public ICS Disclosures – Week of 2-14-26 – Part 2 – Another bulk vendor disclosure – 3 more vendor advisories – 6 vendor updates – 1 researcher report – 2 exploits – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2026/02/review-public-ics-disclosures-week-of-2_22.html
I posted the following to my social media feeds (X, Mastodon, Substack, and LinkedIn):
I posted the following to a discussion on X about this weekend’s Secret Service shooting in Florida: “The last paragraph in the statement is nothing new or remarkable, we have seen similar wording in official shootings for years. But NO SUCH STATEMENT has been included in ICE shooting announcements. Why?”