Substack Daily Updates – 3-24-25

Today I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• OPM Sends Suitability and Fitness NPRM to OMB – Would implement requirements of Thursday’s presidential memorandum – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/03/opm-sends-suitability-and-fitness-nprm.html

• Review – Committee Hearings – Week of 3-23-25 – Grid reliability – NTSB oversight – two closed hearings – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/03/review-committee-hearings-week-of-3-23.html

• Short Takes – 3-24-25 – Fram2 polar mission – Xofluza for bird flu – DOGE espionage problem – Europe’s war in Ukraine – Shenzhou-19 debris shield – Immunization Advisory meeting – Rover for lunar mission – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/03/short-takes-3-24-25.html

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

• My most popular comment on Substack Notes to date (17 likes, who knew) was to a ‘joke of the day’ post by Dean Mueck: ““Little Johnny” jokes were a big thing in my early years in the military (1970’s), they were always risque and Johnny was always foul mouthed, but the teacher never learned not to call on Little Johnny. Glad to see that his grandson is still raising hell….” Old soldiers will appreciate the reference.