ATF’s Annual Raven’s Challenge
ATF’s National Center for Explosives Training and Research hosts the annual Raven’s Challenge Interoperability Exercise as a national preparedness event that tests interagency partners’ response tactics used to detect and deter explosives/bombing threats.
DOJ Announces ATF Ghost Gun Rule is in Effect
The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) new frame and receiver rule is now in effect.
The Way of the Future: Crime Gun Intelligence Center of Excellence
Introducing the new National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) National Correlation and Training Center II at Wichita State University.
The First Senate Confirmation of ATF Director in Over Seven Years
The Senate confirmed Steven Dettelbach, a former U.S. Attorney in Ohio, as Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) this week.
Senator Calls for DOJ Inquiry on ATF Whistleblower Retaliation Claims, Misclassifying Jobs
On October 6, 2021, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) inquired with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) misclassification of nearly 100 administrative positions and subsequent retaliation of the exposing whistleblower.