Substack Daily Updates – 4-23-25

Today I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• Review – OMB Approves CG NRRI ICR Update – 4-22-25 – Decreased the number of expected responses to voluntary program with an increase in burden hours – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/04/review-omb-approves-cg-nrri-icr-update.html

• CG Homeport Issues – CG has shut down their notorious Homeport web site – The old, actionable information is now only accessible via email links – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/04/cg-homeport-issues.html

• Short Takes – 4-23-25 – More CISA job cuts – Weapons depot explosion – Space cargo test mixed results – AI bio-lab experts – Anti Hegseth coup? – What is the Space Force rifle? – OPM civil service NPRM – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/04/short-takes-4-23-25.html

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

• I posted the following comment to a post by Metacurity on Mastodon about a ransomware attack on a public defenders office: “It does not sound like this attack is specifically tied to this defendant, but it would be an interesting way to delay a trial/conviction. Hope this does not catch on as a defense tactic (or a way to pay for defense lawyers)....”