State Department publishes notice on June 15

The US State Department published a four page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Office of Protocol; Gifts to Federal Employees From Foreign Government Sources Reported to Employing Agencies in Calendar Year 2004.

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 on June 15

Title
Nomenclature Changes Reflecting Creation of Department of Homeland Security
Shipping Coordinating Committee; Facilitation Committee; Notice of Meeting
Determination Under Subsection 402(d)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, As Amended-Continuation of Waiver Authority
Office of Protocol; Gifts to Federal Employees From Foreign Government Sources Reported to Employing Agencies in Calendar Year 2004