Public notices: State Department publishes 4 in week ending Aug. 8

There were four notices published by the State Department in week ending Aug. 8, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Office of the Chief of Protocol; Gifts to Federal Employees From Foreign Government Sources Reported to Employing Agencies in Calendar Year 2019, was submitted on Aug. 5, 2021.

The State Department published 10 the week before, marking a 60.0 percent decrease.

The State Department is responsibly for international relations with a budget of more than $50 billion. Tenure at the State Dept. is increasingly tenuous and it's seen as an extension of the President's will, ambitions and flaws.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the State Department in week ending Aug. 8

Title	Publication Date
Office of the Chief of Protocol; Gifts to Federal Employees From Foreign Government Sources Reported to Employing Agencies in Calendar Year 2019	08/05/2021
Notice of Department of State Sanctions Actions on Hong Kong Normalization	08/03/2021
Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for International Maritime Organization Meeting	08/03/2021
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Six Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) Information Collections	08/02/2021