May 21 2008
A brief response to reader questions about perimeter security spending and how to target facility security decision makers for advertising.
May 21 2008
A brief discussion about the issue of routing hazardous rail shipments past the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
May 20 2008
A brief review of an incident last week when a Texas man was arrested for trying to sell cyanide to the Aryan Brotherhood.
May 20 2008
brief analysis of the DHS Infrastructure Protection Activities Grants and the very small amount that will be going to preventing terrorist attacks on chemical facilities or trains carrying hazardous chemicals.
May 17 2008
A brief report on the National Hazardous Material Fusion Center being developed to provide a clearing house for information for the hazardous response community.
May 16 2008
A brief discussion of how a properly executed counter-surveillance plan can provide information to identify and detect a terrorist attack well before it is initiated.
May 15 2008
A brief review of the chemical security provisions of the final conference reported version of HR2419, the latest version of the Farm Bill.
May 14 2008
A brief discussion about recent changes to the two Top Screen Manuals for the CSAT system and the new requirements for reporting information about underground storage tanks for toxic and flammable COI.
May 14 2008
A brief review of some of the controversy over the new NJ rules that mandate IST reviews but do not require implementation.
May 12 2008
A brief description of the recent changes made to the manuals supporting the CSAT registration process.