BATFE to change how their Forms are reviewed.

[Acme.Armament]

Saw this on the NFATCA website.

The NFA Branch of ATF will be changing the way that they review Forms 1, 2, 10 and 5320.20. As of July, 2011, ATF Examiners will review these forms by state, as opposed to alphabetically.

http://www.nfatca.org/pubs/NFA_Assignment.pdf

 

[Len-2A Training]

Saw this on the NFATCA website.





http://www.nfatca.org/pubs/NFA_Assignment.pdf

They have been doing that for C&R FFLs since at least 1999.

Not sure if this will improve or harm things for you NFA folks.

 

[xtry51]

So we need to find this Chris Farris guy and buy him a few beers?

 

[drgrant]

I love how there are only 10 people for the whole country (and probably a couple of supervisors).

There's no reason it should take as long as it does, other than intentional sloth/underfunding by the government.

-Mike

 

[OnTheRoad]

I wonder if it's an "on and after" thing or if my Form 1 that has been floating in the ATF-o-sphere for the last few months is going to get reshuffled in the deck.

ETA: I called and asked, apps already in process stay in process and apps received after July will be put in the new system. Sent mid March, "pending" as of April...shouldn't be much longer...

 

[Acme.Armament]

Found this in a U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General Evaluation and Inspections Division document from June 2007 regarding The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.

NFA Branch staff do not process NFA weapons applications or enter data into the NFRTR in a consistent manner.
We found that NFA Branch staff do not process applications or enter data uniformly into the NFRTR, which results in errors in NFRTR records, reports, and queries as well as inconsistent decisions on NFA weapons registration and transfer applications. The NFA Branch has not established adequate standard operating procedures for working with the NFRTR and processing NFRTR applications. Further, there is no structured training for NFA Branch staff members when first hired. In addition, NFA Branch managers do not have regular communication with staff members, and the Examiners responsible for reviewing and processing application forms receive conflicting direction from their supervisors.

The NFA Branch lacks a comprehensive standard operating procedures manual.
We found that the NFA Branch’s memorandums and directives on specific processes related to the NFA and the NFRTR do not cover all day-to-day tasks the staff perform. When the NFA Branch Chief started in his position in 2005, he inherited an undated manual of standard operating procedures for processing NFA forms. He told us the manual was under revision but that he has not had enough staff to complete the revision. None of the staff members we interviewed had ever received a copy of this manual, although some of them had been with the NFA Branch for over 15 years. Staff members reported that they had developed their own procedures manual by compiling various documents. For example, an NFA Branch Specialist who conducts records checks stated, “We have over the years made up our own internal [personal] manual.” An Examiner told us, “I had to start my own document with all the policies and procedures because there is no [standard operating procedures] manual.”