May 2008
| 5/31/08 |
DHS FAQ Page Update – 5-30-08 posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) An interesting new question was added to the DHS FAQ page on Friday. It deals with SVAs and B... |
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| 5/31/08 |
Chemical Incident Review – 5-31-08 posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) Once again, since there have been no reported terrorist incidents at chemical facilities repo... |
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| 5/31/08 |
Ballistic Attacks on Hazmat Shipping posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) In yesterday’s blog (see: "Ballistic Protection for Railcars |
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| 5/30/08 |
Ballistic Protection for Railcars posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) In an blog earlier this week (see: "Commen |
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| 5/30/08 |
Commercial Comments posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) I had a reader comment posted on my latest security equipmen |
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| 5/29/08 |
HR 5577 Status Update – 5-29-08 posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) During my daily check of Thomas.Loc.Gov, the Library of Congress site for checking up on legi... |
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| 5/29/08 |
Ethanol Producers as Chemical Facilities posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) I ran into an interesting article over on EthanolProducer.com from the April 2008 issue of th... |
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| 5/28/08 |
Comments on Rail Security and Safety Rules – 5-23-08 posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) There are currently three rules recently published in the Federal Register dealing with the s... |
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| 5/28/08 |
Security Equipment Review 5-28-08 posted by pjcoyle (1 comments) Once again it is time to look at some new technology and gadgets that are being developed tha... |
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| 5/27/08 |
Another DHS FAQ Update for 5-23-08 posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) Either I missed it or this FAQ question was not there when I checked on Friday (see: "Another... |
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| 5/27/08 |
Reader Question 5-24-08 posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) Fmillar1 noted that the links on my May 19th Blog (see: "Comments on Rail Security and Safety... |
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| 5/27/08 |
Industrial Chemicals as Weapons of Mass Destruction posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) While there has been some attention (the CFATS process is underway) directed at terrorist att... |
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| 5/24/08 |
Canadians Notice Farm Bill Chemical Security Grants posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) Not long after posting today’s first blog entry on the Farm Bill officially becoming law I ra... |
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| 5/24/08 |
Chemical Terrorism Insurance? posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) I ran into an interesting piece over on Samadhisoft.com. It is a very brief blog about a note f |
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| 5/24/08 |
Public Law 110-234 posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) Well, it is now official (it was published in the Federal Register), HR 2419 is now |
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| 5/23/08 |
Another DHS FAQ update – 5-23-08 posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) The DHS helpdesk people have been busy this week. This is three days running that they have a... |
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| 5/23/08 |
Farm Bill Passes Over Bush Veto – Maybe posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) The Democratic leadership added a new target for the Republicans to shoot at between now and ... |
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| 5/22/08 |
DHS FAQ Update – 5-22-08 posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) Two more FAQ page additions have been made by DHS. Both of them address rather intersting que... |
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| 5/22/08 |
Teaching Chemical Facility Security posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) I had mentioned in an earlier blog that "chemical engineering curriculums at most universitie... |
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| 5/21/08 |
DHS FAQ Page Update – 5-20-08 posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) Yesterday DHS added two new questions/answers to it’s FAQ page. Both questions dealt with und... |
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| 5/21/08 |
Hazmat Rail Routes and the Mayo Clinic posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) According to a press release there is an interesting new look at routing of hazardous materia... |
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| 5/21/08 |
Reader Questions 5-20-08 posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) I got an email from a reader yesterday who had some questions about Chemical Facility Securit... |
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| 5/20/08 |
Possible Chemical Attack Averted posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) I ran into a perversely interesting article over on ThreatsWatch.Org about a Texas man that w... |
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| 5/20/08 |
Infrastructure Protection Activities Grants Awarded posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) Last week DHS announced the latest awards of Infrastructure Protection Activities Grants, awa... |
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| 5/19/08 |
Ammonia Safety Information posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) As part of my daily internet review I check a number of sites for news reports about chemical... |
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| 5/19/08 |
Comments on Rail Security and Safety Rules – 5-16-08 posted by pjcoyle (1 comments) There are currently three rules recently published in the Federal Register dealing with the s... |
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| 5/17/08 |
National Hazardous Materials Fusion Center posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) I ran across a brief article on OSHOnline.com about the establishment of Regional Incident Survey... |
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| 5/16/08 |
To Stop an Attack, Spot the Surveillance posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) There is an interesting article over on StratFor.com about some high level assassinations in ... |
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| 5/15/08 |
HR2419 Update 05-14-08 posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) According to the conference report found on the House Rules Committee web site, the version o... |
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| 5/14/08 |
IST In New Jersey posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) New Jersey has the reputation for being the bad boy in the chemical security world, holding i... |
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| 5/14/08 |
Updates of CSAT Top Screen Manuals posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) As I mentioned last week (see: "Update of CSAT Web Page and Manuals"), DHS has revised their ... |
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| 5/13/08 |
Blog Comment 5-12-08 posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) I ran into a comment about last week’s blog on security guards (see: "Security Guard Backgrou... |
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| 5/12/08 |
Updates of CSAT Registration Manuals posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) As I mentioned last week (see: "Update of CSAT Web Page and Manuals"), DHS has revised their ... |
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| 5/12/08 |
Comments on Rail Security and Safety Rules – 5-9-08 posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) There are currently three rules recently published in the Federal Register dealing with the s... |
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| 5/9/08 |
Security Guard Background Checks posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) NOTE: This blog was originally posted on my MySpace.com blog (see: " |
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| 5/9/08 |
Potential DHS PHISHING Alert posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog (see: "Update of CSAT Web Page and Manuals") DHS recently ... |
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| 5/8/08 |
Update of CSAT Web Page and Manuals posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) DHS updated their CSAT Web Page today. The changes all have to do with the publication update... |
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| 5/8/08 |
Reverse 911 System Exercise posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) This is a follow-up to an earlier blog (see: " |
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| 5/6/08 |
The cost of replacing Chlorine posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) NOTE: This originally appeared on my MySpace.com blog on May 5, 2007 (see: " |
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| 5/5/08 |
Cloned Vehicles posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) There is an interesting article on HSToday.US about the |
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| 5/3/08 |
Vacation posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) The wife is taking vacation next week so we will be working in the yard and garden. I won't b... |
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| 5/3/08 |
Alternative to HR 5577 posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) Another thing that I learned from the Greenpeace interview from HSToday.US article that I wrote a... |
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| 5/2/08 |
Reader Comments – 05-02-08 posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) Thomkay07 (Thomas Kay, Greenpeace Research Fellow) responded to today’s blog about the Greenp... |
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| 5/2/08 |
Chemical Security Legislation Influenced by Lobbyists posted by pjcoyle (2 comments) There is an interesting article/interview on HSToday.US. The article looks at the status of c... |
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| 5/1/08 |
Chemical Sector Security Summit Registration Available posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) There is a new version of the 2008 Chemical Sector Security Summit page now available on the ... |
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| 5/1/08 |
Bizarre Anhydrous Ammonia Release posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) Earlier this week a leak of anhydrous ammonia from two 5-gallon propane tanks shut down I-10 ... |
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| 5/1/08 |
Inherently Safer Technology Implementation under HR 5577 posted by pjcoyle (0 comments) This is part of a continuing series taking a detailed look at the provisions of the new Chemi... |