mr. bill allmond is the vice president of government and public relations for the society of chemical manufacturers and affiliates. a position he has held since 2007. the society is the united states' leading trade association representing specialty batch chemical manufacturing. and prior to joining the society, mr. allmond served for ten years with director of regulatory and public affairs at the national association of chemical distributors. mr. timothy scott is the chief security officer and corporate director of emergency services and security for the dow chemical company, a company he has served with since 1979. in his current role he leads dow's emerging service and securing global organizations at over 200 locations around the world. and mr. david wright is the president of the american federation of government employees local 918. again, his career as a federal protective service office in 1986. since that time has been promoted to the rank of sort inspector and has served as president of the local 918 since 2006. we thank all of you for being here. we of course will include your written te

mr. allmond first. >> that afternoon, members of the subcommittee. i am bill allmond and i am president of chemical manufacturers and affiliates. i'm pleased to provide the problems and progress made by chemical facility anti-terrorist standards. six years ago there was a comprehensive program--well down the road in implementing this program. this implements the mandate implemented by congress in 2006 but dhs failed to put in place among other things basic management practices or effective leadership. 2011 internal memorandum from the infrastructure combined division is sobering. demonstrates the government agency without proper management can take an effective regulatory framework and mess it up. as the subcommittee assess the department failure with the cfats program we must bear in mind the personnel needed dressing, not the program itself. in regards to the a cfats program as his success despite the internal management challenges, this demanding program is requiring 4,000 chemical facilities nationwide to develop and deploy the security enhancement. covere