President Obama Issues an Executive order to Improve Chemical Facility Safety & Security

August 2, 2013

President Obama issued an executive order on Thursday aimed at improving Safety & Seurity at Chemical Facilities. 

The executive order requires that a Chemical Facility Safety & Security working group be established.  Among the objectives of the working group are to improve the coordination of governmental agencies and first responders as well as to determine methods for interagency collaboration for sharing data.

Under the executive order, the working group is to provide a report to the President within about 9 months.

A copy of the Executive Order can be found here: