Award Ceremonies and Graduations

Formal events showcasing individuals receiving awards or certificates, set against a backdrop of flags and official decor.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, other Interior officials posing with Cooperative Conservation Award winning groups following award announcements at Main Interior

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Investigator's Graduation

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Investigator's Graduation

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Investigator's Graduation

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, other Interior officials posing with Cooperative Conservation Award winning groups following award announcements at Main Interior

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at Science Advisory Board meeting , Environmental Protection Agency

Minerals Management Service award proceedings, featuring presentation by Secretary Gale Norton, far right, of the James B. Griffith Award to staff of the Montana Department of Revenue, for achievements in royalty collection and compliance activities related to energy production

Office of the Inspector General - Office of the Inspector General Awards Reception

Office of the Inspector General - Office of the Inspector General Awards Reception

National Council for International Visitors event, with Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Patricia de Stacy Harrison, honoring contributions of member organizations, in Adams Room

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, other Interior officials posing with Cooperative Conservation Award winning groups following award announcements at Main Interior

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Secretary Elaine Chao's 2001 Honor Awards Ceremony

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Secretary Elaine Chao's 2001 Honor Awards Ceremony

National Council for International Visitors event, with Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Patricia de Stacy Harrison, honoring contributions of member organizations, in Adams Room

National Council for International Visitors event, with Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Patricia de Stacy Harrison, honoring contributions of member organizations, in Adams Room

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Investigator's Graduation

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration - Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Advisory Council Swearing-In Ceremony

Department of the Interior senior officials, among them Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Chief of Staff Brian Waidmann, and Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget R. Thomas Weimer, at briefing on release of Interior's Performance and Accountability Annual Report for 2005

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Investigator's Graduation

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Investigator's Graduation

National Council for International Visitors event, with Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Patricia de Stacy Harrison, honoring contributions of member organizations, in Adams Room

Event at Main Interior honoring contributions to Interior's Fiscal Year 2008 Performance and Accountability Report, with presentations by Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Associate Deputy Secretary James Cason, Office of Budget Director Pamela Haze, Deputy Controller Danny Werfel, Office of Financial Management Director Daniel Fletcher, and Planning and Performance Management Director Richard Beck

Fisheries and Habitat Conservation Partners Awards Luncheon, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director H. Dale Hall, and FWS Assistant Director for Fisheries and Habitat Conservation Mamie Parker among the Interior officials participating

Fisheries and Habitat Conservation Partners Awards Luncheon, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director H. Dale Hall, and FWS Assistant Director for Fisheries and Habitat Conservation Mamie Parker among the Interior officials participating

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Senior Executive Service (SES) training at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, MD , Environmental Protection Agency

International Trade Administration - MDCP Orientation Awards Presentation

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Secretary Elaine Chao's 2001 Honor Awards Ceremony

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration (ESA) Graduation Ceremony Frances Perkins Building FPB Auditorium

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Secretary Elaine Chao's 2001 Honor Awards Ceremony

National Council for International Visitors event, with Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Patricia de Stacy Harrison, honoring contributions of member organizations, in Adams Room

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Secretary Elaine Chao's 2001 Honor Awards Ceremony

International Trade Administration - MDCP Orientation Awards Presentation

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration - Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Advisory Council Members

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Secretary Elaine Chao's 2001 Honor Awards Ceremony

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao Presents Certificate to Nancy Kennedy at Senior Staff Meeting

Department of the Interior senior officials, among them Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Chief of Staff Brian Waidmann, and Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget R. Thomas Weimer, at briefing on release of Interior's Performance and Accountability Annual Report for 2005

Technology Administration - Commerce Science and Technology (ComSci) Graduation

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Secretary Elaine Chao's 2001 Honor Awards Ceremony

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Labor Market Informational Seminar Students

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao Presents Senior Executive Service (SES) and Personal Assistance Service (PAS) Certificates

Activities at the National Park Service Superintendents Summit, Cliff Lodge and environs, Snowbird, Utah, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, and Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. among the officials on hand

Reception and awards event at Main Interior honoring the work of the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Federal Advisory Committee, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the senior officials on hand

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao Presents Certificate to Nancy Kennedy at Senior Staff Meeting

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) All-Employee Town Hall Meeting and Awards Ceremony at Washington, D.C.'s Mayflower Hotel, with BLM Director James Caswell presiding

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao Presents Certificate to Nancy Kennedy at Senior Staff Meeting

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration - Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Advisory Council Members

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Investigator's Graduation

Small Business Administration's (SBA) Small Business Week "Champions and Lenders Awards" reception, in Benjamin Franklin Room, led by SBA Administrator Steven Preston and Deputy Administrator Jovita Carranza

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration (ESA) 2001 Eve Award Ceremony Great Hall Francis Perkins Building

Event marking Department of the Interior's 159th anniversary, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne presiding

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Closing the Circle Awards , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Ann Miller , Environmental Protection Agency

Veterans' Employment and Training Service - Salute to All American Veterans

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Investigator's Graduation

Employment and Training Administration - General Motors Apprenticeship National Standards Signing Ceremony

Office of the Inspector General - Office of the Inspector General Awards Reception

Veterans' Employment and Training Service - Veterans Day Salute Awards

President's Quality Awards 2005 ceremony, honoring progress made by federal agencies in improving management systems and work processes, at Washington, D.C.'s Corcoran Museum, with award presentations by Office of Personnel Management Director Linda Springer and Office of Management and Budget Director Joshua Bolten, and award acceptances by Department of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, Social Security Administration Commissioner Jo Anne Barnhart, and Department of State Undersecretary for Management Henrietta Fore

Small Business Administration's (SBA) Small Business Week "Champions and Lenders Awards" reception, in Benjamin Franklin Room, led by SBA Administrator Steven Preston and Deputy Administrator Jovita Carranza

Economic Development Administration - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) EXCELLENCE AWARDS CEREMONY

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao presents Senior Executive Service (SES) Certificates

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Secretary Elaine Chao's 2001 Honor Awards Ceremony

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao Presents Senior Executive Service (SES) and Personal Assistance Service (PAS) Certificates

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao Presenting Certificates to Department of Labor Office Employees

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Bureau of Labor Statistics Prism Commissioner's Award Ceremony

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao Presents Senior Executive Service (SES) and Personal Assistance Service (PAS) Certificates

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) All-Employee Town Hall Meeting and Awards Ceremony at Washington, D.C.'s Mayflower Hotel, with BLM Director James Caswell presiding

Secretary Gale Norton meeting with Wyoming operations staff of the Bureau of Land Management during the Secretary's visit to the Powder River Basin area of Wyoming

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao Presenting Certificates to the Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS) Recipients

Employment and Training Administration - Transitional Adjustment Assistance and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Taskforce Meeting

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with the United Auto Workers UAW

Take Pride in America National Awards ceremony at Main Interior, with presentations by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Take Pride in America Executive Director Katie Loovis, and other senior officials

Smartway , Environmental Protection Agency

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Sea Grant (SG) Fellows Briefing 2005

Office of the Inspector General - Office of the Inspector General Awards Reception

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - 2002 Support Staff Day Program and Awards Ceremony

Employment and Training Administration - National Partnership for Reinventing Government Vice President Al Gore's Hammer Award to Access America for Workers Inter-Agency Team

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Intern Graduation , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - 2002 Support Staff Day Program and Awards Ceremony

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response - Mathy Stanislaus Oath Ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - SAB Meeting , Environmental Protection Agency

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) All-Employee Town Hall Meeting and Awards Ceremony at Washington, D.C.'s Mayflower Hotel, with BLM Director James Caswell presiding

Employment and Training Administration - General Motors Apprenticeship National Standards Signing Ceremony

Secretary Gale Norton, center, holding award, with Indian Pueblo Cultural Center's Ronald Solimon, left, and National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development President Kenneth Robbins, right, during the Reservation Economic Summit and Business Trade Fair, Res 2006, at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Event was coordinated by Robbins' organization

Take Pride in America National Awards ceremony at Main Interior, with presentations by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Take Pride in America Executive Director Katie Loovis, and other senior officials

Reception and presentation at Main Interior: Bureau of Land Management National Scenic and Historic Trails Program's Strategy and Work Plan, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and other Interior officials joining representatives of the Partnership for the National Trails System

International Trade Administration - Group Photo with Mr. Lash and Certificate

Secretary's Open Forum session in Loy Henderson Auditorium, featuring Henry Cuellar, Secretary of State for Texas, with introduction and award presentation by Alan Lang of Open Forum staff

Robert Doyle, Bureau of Land Management, receiving senior executive service award, Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Preserve America ceremony at the Caucus Room of the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined First Lady Laura Bush, Congressmen Michael Turner of Ohio and Brad Miller of North Carolina, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and other dignitaries for announcement of the first 43 Preserve America grants for 2007 and acknowledgement of 20 new Preserve America communities

Office of the Secretary - Ceremonial Signing 500,000 Design Patent with Daimler Chrysler

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

Office of the Secretary - Ceremonial Signing 500,000 Design Patent with Daimler Chrysler

Office of the Secretary - Ceremonial Signing 500,000 Design Patent with Daimler Chrysler

Signing ceremony, at National Geographic Society (NGS) headquarters in Washington, D.C., for Memorandum of Understanding promoting environment-sustaining and enhancing "geotourism" through an NGS partnership with the Department of the Interior, Department of Agriculture, and constituent agencies including Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Forest Service. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, NGS President and Chief Executive Officer John Fahey, and senior Interior and Agriculture officials at the ceremony and reception.

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

Take Pride in America (TPIA) National Awards ceremony at Main Interior, with presentations by Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, TPIA Executive Director Heather Roebke, USA Freedom Corps Acting Director Kathny Wills Wright, and other officials

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Intern Graduation , Environmental Protection Agency

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Intern Graduation , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao presents Senior Executive Service (SES) Certificates

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