Chemical Facility Security News

Nearly every morning I start my computer time by looking at information from Google about what happened in my blog in the previous 24 hours....

Yesterday the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) announced that it had approved an information collection request (I...

Last night Carbon Unit left a comment on my Substack Notes announcement about my recent “Chemical Security Inspector Reduction in Force” po...

This is part of a series of blog posts looking at the potential for the authorization of CISA’s existing  ChemLock program  and using it as ...

Today CISA published a 60-day information collection request (ICR) revision notice in the Federal Register ( 89 FR 74975-74977 ) for “Revisi...

CISA is publishing a 60-day ICR notice in Monday’s (available online today) Federal Register ( 85 FR 17593-17594 ) for an extension of the...

It is not often that security measures under the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program make the newspaper, but they ...

On Monday the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) announced the approval of the National Institute of Standards an...

Earlier this week Rep. Richmond (D,LA) introduced HR 3256, the Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of ...

I am hearing rumors that a CFATS reauthorization bill currently being drafted might include provisions that would eliminate the Chemical-...

Yesterday the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) announced that it had received NIST Special Publication 800-171 ...

Yesterday the DHS National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) published a 60-day information collection request (ICR) notice in th...

Yesterday the DHS Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (ISCD) updated their response to one of their frequently asked questions (FAQ...

Today the National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) published a final rule in the ...

This is the second in a series of blog posts about the new Top Screen manual recently published by the DHS Infrastructure Security Complia...

This afternoon the DHS Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (ISCD) added a new frequently asked question (FAQ) to the CFATS Knowledg...

This afternoon the DHS Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (ISCD) updated the responses to 12 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on t...

Today the DHS Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (ISCD) updated the responses for three Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the CF...

This morning the DHS Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (ISCD) updated the frequently asked question list on the CFATS Knowledge C...

Today the folks at DHS Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (ISCD) updated the Critical Infrastructure: Chemical Security web site....