Homeland Security Update Training

I received an interesting email from Kayla Appelt at TradeFairGroup.com about an upcoming workshop to be held in conjunction with the Industrial Fire, Safety & Security SIFSS) Seminars in Houston, TX over February 2nd thru 4th, 2010. The email was about one of seven workshops currently scheduled to take place on the opening day and it presents updated information about various DHS programs of interest to the chemical security community. Kayla’s email provided the following overview of the workshop:

“The Department of Homeland Security has imposed regulatory mandates to enhance security of the nation’s chemical and transportation supply chain. The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS), the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC), and the rail hazmat security regulations significantly impact the chemical and petrochemical industry. “This full-day seminar provides an in-depth analysis of CFATS, TWIC, and the rail hazmat regulations and offers practical solutions to help chemical and petrochemical facilities stay compliant.”

This seminar will be conducted by Steve Roberts, an attorney specializing in homeland security law and regulation. The Seminars on the following two days will provide members of the chemical security community with some other valuable information. The individual seminars of interest would include:

MTSA, BZPP & TWIC Implementations CFATS and Risk-Based Performance Standards Improvised Explosive Devices Fusion Center/ Intelligence & Information Sharing Public/ Private Sector Emergency Management

Registration for the workshop and the seminars can be done online. As always, I am happy to pass along information about this type of event to my readers but this should not be taken as an endorsement of the particular event. I haven’t seen any of these presenters in action so I can’t tell you how good a job they do. I would appreciate any feed back on these presentations that readers happen to have.