Substack Daily Updates – 2-3-25

Today I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• Review – ChemLock and Chemical-Terrorism Vulnerability Information - Continuing discussion about authorization of the ChemLock program and tailoring it as a voluntary substitute for CFATS – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/02/review-chemlock-and-chemical-terrorism.html

• Review – Committee Hearings – Week of 2-2-25 – Lite hearing schedule – Cyber workforce hearing in House – Cabinet nominees in the Senate – Short Version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/02/review-committee-hearings-week-of-2-2-25.html

• Short Takes – 2-3-25 – Ocean temperature rise – FAA and Space X – CIS-Lunar competition – New DOT priorities – EPA rules comment extension – EO 14183 thru EO 14191 – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/02/short-takes-2-3-25.html

Yesterday I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• Legislative Housekeeping, 118th Congress – 2-2-25 – Text of two more late bills published, S 5600 and S 5610 – Just two more bills remaining on my bills of interest from the 118th – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/02/legislative-housekeeping-118th-congress.html

• Review – Public ICS Disclosures – Week of 1-25-25 – Part 2 – For Part 2 we have 9 additional vendor disclosures – 8 vendor updates – 1 researcher report – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/02/review-public-ics-disclosures-week-of-1_2.html

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

• ChemLock and Risk Based Performance Standards,

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

• CCPS Process Safety Beacon - Communication is the key to safer operations - https://tinyurl.com/yc3f5jy6