Week ending Feb. 18: 4 notices published by State Department

There were four notices published by the State Department in week ending Feb. 18, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Review of the Designations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations of Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan, Hizbul Mujahideen, and Army of Islam (and Other Aliases), was submitted on February 16, 2023.

The State Department published three the week before, marking a 33.3 percent increase.

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 Feb. 18

Title	Publication Date
Review of the Designations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations of Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan, Hizbul Mujahideen, and Army of Islam (and Other Aliases)	02/16/2023
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls: Notifications to the Congress of Proposed Commercial Export Licenses	02/15/2023
Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Being Imported for Exhibition-Determinations: “Van Gogh's Cypresses” Exhibition	02/13/2023
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Application To Determine Returning Resident Status	02/13/2023