There were three notices published by the State Department in week ending May 6, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records, was submitted on May 5, 2023.

The State Department published five the week before, marking a 40 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 May 6

Title	Publication Date
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records	05/05/2023
Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Object Being Imported for Exhibition-Determinations: “The Artist's Mother: Whistler and Philadelphia” Exhibition	05/03/2023
Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Being Imported for Exhibition-Determinations: “Life Cycles: The Materials of Contemporary Design” Exhibition	05/02/2023