News from May 2018
By DOE Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Modernization Initiative (GMI) will hold a peer review on September 4-7, 2018, at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. During this event, a portfolio of grid modernization activities across 13 programs will be reviewed, including 7 recently awarded...
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The deadline is approaching to submit nominations for the BLM Wyoming Resource Advisory Council (RAC). Completed nominations must be received by June 4.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution designates Islam as the state religion but upholds the principle of secularism. It prohibits religious discrimination and provides for equality for all religions. The government provided guidance to imams throughout the country on the content of their sermons in its stated effort to...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: United States Obtains $114 Million Judgment Against Three Individuals for Paying Kickbacks for Laboratory Referrals and Causing Claims for Medically Unnecessary Tests.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination based on religion. The Organization for Rastafarians in Unity (ORU) stated that police harassment of Rastafarians and the mandatory cutting of dreadlocks while in prison continued. The ORU said the government also continued...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution states no law may be passed respecting the establishment of a state religion or impairing the free exercise of religion. Government assistance may be provided to religiously affiliated schools for nonreligious purposes. The Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Kosrae State continued to say it faced slow police responses to incidents of discrimination in receiving public services, and a Canadian imam was issued a visa limiting areas of travel.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: Defendants were from Guatemala and Mexico and both had prior illegal entry convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Morgantown, West Virginia man has admitted to a charge involving an illegal firearms operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution establishes Islam as the state religion and requires all provisions of the law to be consistent with Islam. The constitution also states, “subject to law, public order, and morality, every citizen shall have the right to profess, practice, and propagate his religion." The courts continued...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution specifies Islam is the state religion but proclaims equality of rights and obligations for all regardless of religious belief. A law establishes Sunni Islam under the Shafi’i doctrine as the “official religious reference." Proselytizing for any religion except Sunni Islam is illegal,...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and worship and prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion. The evangelical Christian Mana Church stated a Setubal court’s imposition of a fine against the church and its founder violated its freedom of expression. An EU report issued in August ...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience and the right of all individuals to freely profess, practice, and propagate religion; mandates a secular state; requires the state to treat all religions impartially; and prohibits discrimination based on religion. It also states citizens must practice...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution bars the federal government from making any law that imposes a state religion or religious observance, prohibits the free exercise of religion, or establishes a religious test for a federal public office. A Melbourne court affirmed the right of a Sikh student to wear a religious turban...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution states that everyone has freedom of thought, conscience, and religion. The constitution recognizes the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) as the national church and preserver of national identity, but also establishes separation of “religious organizations" and the state. Religious minority ...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The Fundamental Law (constitution) provides for freedom of religion, including freedom to choose or change religion or belief, and to manifest religion or belief through religious acts, ceremonies, or other means; the constitution’s preamble states the nation recognizes “the role of Christianity" in...
By DOE Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs interns have a demonstrated track record of success after completing their internships, as highlighted in a recent article. For one of the program’s 2011-2013 interns, Chelsea Chee, success now includes a national honor for leadership in diversity and equity.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and the right to profess one’s religious beliefs. It prohibits discrimination based on religion. The Ministry of Interior (MOI) is responsible for formally recognizing churches, religious denominations, religious federations and confederations, and associations...
By DOE Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - It’s a modest 12-foot-by-12-foot metal structure that sits just outside of Hanford ’s AP Tank Farm, but it plays a key role in ensuring the site’s tank waste is managed safely and efficiently.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and protects the right to choose and practice or change one’s religion. A hate crime law punishes some expressions of disrespect for religious beliefs. The government continued to implement an action plan against anti-Semitism, which included funding...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The United States recognizes the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and Tibetan autonomous prefectures and counties in other provinces to be part of the People’s Republic of China. The constitution of the People’s Republic of China states that citizens “enjoy freedom of religious belief" but limits protections...
