What did State Department publish on Aug. 31?

The US State Department published a two page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Defense Trade Advisory Group; Notice of Membership.

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 Aug. 31

Title
Defense Trade Advisory Group; Notice of Membership
List of August 13, 2007, of Participating Countries and Entities (Hereinafter Known as “Participants”) Under the Clean Diamond Trade Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-19) and Section 2 of Executive Order 13312 of July 29, 2003