Chemical insecurity
Subtitle: an assessment of efforts to secure the nation's chemical facilities from terrorist threats
By: a report by Tom Coburn, ranking member, U.S. Senate Homeland Security & Gov. Affairs Committee
Contributors: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Publisher: [Coburn.Senate.gov]
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Washington, DC]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 41
Subjects: United States; Chemical plants; Rules and practice; Chemical terrorism; United States. Department of Homeland Security; Evaluation; Prevention; Security measures
Description: "This report details how the multi-million dollar effort by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to secure dangerous chemical facilities from terrorists is a near-total failure. The report, drawing from documents obtained from DHS, interviews, as well as audits and reviews by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the DHS Inspector General, points to a laundry list of errors and bad decisions, many of which the Department has worked to keep from the public"--Coburn.Senate.gov website.
Notes: "June 2014"--Coburn.Senate.gov website.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-41).

Also available on the Internet from the Senate web site. Address asof 12/03/14: http://www.coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=0111a9fc-0e63-46cd-8063-b725dae7c749; current access via LC handle.
Table of contents: title: Executive summary; title: Background; title: Whether CFATS reduces the risk of terrorism; title: Regulating the wrong facilities; title: The CFATS program's failure to meet deadlines, validate security plans, and inspect facilities; title: Working with the private sector; title: Conclusion.