Website Problems at NPPD

There is something odd going on at the NPPD shop with regards to a  number of their web sites. Yesterday I got an email message from DepartmentOfHomelandASecurity@govdelivery.com notifying me that they had updated their Chemical Sector Training and Resources web page, but the page is still the one last updated on August 8^th, 2011. Then this morning when I did my standard check of links on the Critical Infrastructure Protection web page I found a number of dead links; including

• Automated Critical Asset Management System (ACAMS);

• Borders & Maritime Security Projects;

• Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) Program;

• National Infrastructure Protection Plan; and

• National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) Training.

I just re-checked all of the above and the problems remain. Either the folks at NPPD have gotten really sloppy with the maintenance of their web sites (possible I suppose) or their systems are under some sort of ‘attack’, or maybe it’s just a problem related to the recent solar flares.

NOTE: I did sign up for page change notifications through DHS specifically so I would get notified of changes with certain web pages. This program is a good idea and anyone that follows any of the specifically covered sites should sign up for the notifications. There is typically a link near the top of the page taking you to a real simple sign-up page; just provide your email address where you want the email notification sent.

UPDATE 3-15-12: As of about 5:00 am EDT the NPPD web site dead links seem to be corrected. Still no new Chemical Sector Training and Resources web page.