From NextGov:
The Obama administration is adding the closure of the Homeland Security Department’s chemical security program to its list of reasons why Congress should end the partial government shutdown that began last week. The Chemical Facilities Anti-terrorism Standards program, which is in the middle of a multi-year effort to approve security plans for high risk chemical plants in the United States, ceased most operations last week as a result of the congressional stalemate over fiscal 2014 spending and health-care reform.
