Awards and Recognition Events

Group ceremonies showcasing awards and honors related to public service, featuring individuals in formal attire and American flags in backdrop.

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

Awards event at Department of Interior headquarters honoring Interior staff contributions to response and recovery operations after Gulf Coast Hurricanes

National Park System Advisory Board meeting ("Charting a Future for National Heritage Areas"), with National Park Service Director Fran Mainella among the Interior officials participating

International Trade Administration - All Hands Meeting

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

International Conference and Handshakes of during Christine Todd Whitman's last day (starts DSC_414) , Environmental Protection Agency

National Park System Advisory Board meeting ("Charting a Future for National Heritage Areas"), with National Park Service Director Fran Mainella among the Interior officials participating

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

International Trade Administration - World Standards Day Awards Announcement

Secretary Gale Norton with honorees at awards event, at Department of Interior headquarters, recognizing Interior staff contributions to response and recovery efforts after 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes

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

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 - Honor Awards , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of the Secretary - The League of United Latin American Citizens

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

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

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - NARTE AWARD

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

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Hungarian Ambassador Andras Simonyi

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

Office of the Chief Financial Officer - Chief Financial Officer Management Conference 2000

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

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

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

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

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Hoover Dam area, Boulder City, Nevada for activities marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of authorized shares of water for six other Colorado River Basin states

International Trade Administration - Group Photo and Manufacturing and Services Meeting

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Mark Trail Reception

Office of Environmental Information - eRulemaking. Regulations.Gov 5th Anniversary Celebration and Partner Agency Recognition , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Department of Interior senior officials meeting in Herndon, Virginia, for briefing by Chief Information Officer W. Hord Tipton, discussions with Secretary Gale Norton, and awards

Flag ceremony for Margaret McMillion, former U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda, with the Director General of the Foreign Service, George Staples, presiding

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

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

Office of the Deputy Secretary - DEPUTY SECRETARY SAMUEL BODMAN AMERICAN INNOVATION RECOGNITION

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

Office of the Administrator - National Awards for Smart Growth Achievement , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Office of Inspector General - Ribbon Cutting

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

International Trade Administration - World Standards Day Awards Announcement

Office of the Secretary - EXPORT IMPORT BANK ANNUAL CONFERENCE

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

Department of Interior senior officials meeting in Herndon, Virginia, for briefing by Chief Information Officer W. Hord Tipton, discussions with Secretary Gale Norton, and awards

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he opened, and announced high bid totals for, the Minerals Management Service-sponsored federal sales of offshore oil and natural gas leases in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 224) and the Central Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 206). The sales, attracting a record-setting $3.7 billion in high bids, inaugurated a program of enhanced revenue sharing with oil and gas producing Gulf states, along with higher royalty rates.

Federal Trade Commission - Onguard Online Kick-off

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA / SEAGRANT FELLOWS BRIEFING

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

Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Assistant Administrator Kim Nelson at ITS/EPA Contract Signing , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Labor Market Informational Seminar Students

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Central America Free Trade Agreement Trade Mission to Honduras

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

Smartway , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - National Awards for Smart Growth Achievement , Environmental Protection Agency

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Fisheries Sustainable Leadership Awards

Federal Trade Commission - Swearing-In Rosch Kovacik

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Hoover Dam area, Boulder City, Nevada for activities marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of authorized shares of water for six other Colorado River Basin states

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Bureau of Labor Statistics Caribbean Group Completion Ceremony

Smartway , Environmental Protection Agency

Participants in the Pathways to Leadership management training program, for Bureau of indian Affairs (BIA) and Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians personnel, at session with Interior officials including Special Trustee Ross Owen Swimmer and BIA Director W. Patrick Ragsdale

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

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - The President's Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) - Rockville , Environmental Protection Agency

PM Challenge Service Management & Awards

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Chinese American Society Students

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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - UNITED STATES CORAL REEF TASK FORCE MEETING (2/24/2004 TO 2/26/26)

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

Office of the Chief Financial Officer - Office of the Chief Financial Officer Retirement Celebration for Michael N. Griffin

Office of Environmental Information - Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) Press Conference , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Hurricane Contracting Information Center Departures Photo

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

Department's 2006 Awards Program in Benjamin Franklin Room, with Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns and Director General of the Foreign Service George Staples among the officials on hand

Deputy Administrator (Acting) attends Council for Regulatory Modeling (CREM) Event , Environmental Protection Agency

Reception at Harry S. Truman Building for actress Angelina Jolie, greeted by Department officials and staff including Secretary Colin Powell, Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, and Secretary's Open Forum Chairman William Keppler. Jolie participated in Open Forum panel discussion of the documentary film that she narrated, "Trading Women," an investigation of Southeast Asian sex trafficking.

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

Announcement in Washington, D.C. of the designation of 24 localities as Preserve America communities, with appearances by Secretary Gale Norton and North Carolina Congressman Brad Miller, far right

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

Economic Development Administration - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Association of Builders and Contractors

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS 34th Annual Honor Awards Ceremony

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at National Summit on Small Business and the Environment, Lowes Hotel, Washington, DC , Environmental Protection Agency

2006 Take Pride in America National Awards event at Main Interior, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among the senior officials on hand

Office of Public Affairs - Farewell to Deputy Assistant Secretary and Director of Public Affairs Stuart Roy

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

Group photo: Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management (LMM), C. Stephen Allred, with LMM staff at Main Interior

Technology Administration - 2002 NATIONAL MEDAL OF TECHNOLOGY LAUREATES RECEPTION

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS 34th Annual Honor Awards Ceremony

Christine Todd Whitman going away party , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Labor Market Informational Seminar Students

2006 Take Pride in America National Awards event at Main Interior, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among the senior officials on hand

Employment and Training Administration - Department of Labor (DOL) National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) Awards Ceremony

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

Department's 2006 Awards Program in Benjamin Franklin Room, with Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns and Director General of the Foreign Service George Staples among the officials on hand

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