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Photos capturing formal meetings with groups discussing various topics, showcasing diverse settings and engaged participants in collaborative environments.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Lisa Jackson meeting with scientists from involved agencies and BP Oil. (BP Oil Spill) - The Administrator meets with scientists from involved agencies and BP Oil. Larry Starfield, DRA, R6, clairifies a pont with Stephen Lehmann and Kate Clark of NOAA. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

New Honorary Commanders attend an orientation brief at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, June 24, 2022. The program allows local community leaders to gain awareness of Moody's mission through official and social functions.

FEMA Region II Disability Community Stakeholders Meeting. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Ike, San Antonio, TX, September 10, 2008 Local, state and federal officials get a briefing via a conference call for the situational update at the City of San Antonio and Bexar County Emergency Operations Center. Hurricane Ike is expected to make landfall somewhere on the eastern coast of Texas. San Antonio, TX, USA--September 10, 2008-- Local, state and federal officials get a briefing via a conference call for the situational update at the City of San Antonio and Bexar County Emergency Operations Center. Hurricane Ike is expected to make landful somewhere on the eastern coast of Texas.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman virtually meets with Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration staff to thank them for their work assisting refugees and displaced people around the world, at the U.S. Department of State, on March 24, 2022.

Washington, D.C., Nov. 17, 2014 - FEMA Headquarters hosted Michael Black, Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Butch Blazer, Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment at USDA for a panel discussion in celebration of Native American Heritage Month... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Federal Agencies Working Together at Region IV Regional Response. Mississippi Hurricane Isaac. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

East Peoria, Ill, Dec. 18, 2013 U.S. Small Business Administration Customer Services Representative John Lopez, left, shows SBA Deputy District Director for Illinois, Bo Steiner, center, and SBA Springfield Branch Manager Valerie Ross, right, information at a Disaster Recovery Center set up to help residents apply for FEMA and and get information about disaster assistance. Local residents who suffered damages or losses are encouraged to apply to FEMA for disaster assistance by calling (800) 621-3362, (TTY) (800) 462-7585, or by applying online at www.DisasterAssistance.gov. East Peoria, Ill, Dec. 18, 2013--US Small Business Administration Customer Services Representative John Lopez, left, shows SBA Deputy District Director for Illinois, Bo Steiner, center, and SBA Springfield Branch Manager Valerie Ross, right, information at a Disaster Recovery Center set up to help residents apply for FEMA and and get information about disaster assistance. Local residents who suffered damages or l

President Barack Obama attends a health care meeting Phil Schiliro's office at the White House on July 17, 2009.

Views of Bureau of Administration staff in assorted work settings, for use on "What We Do" display board for April, 2004 awards ceremony

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by Universal Filmed Entertainment Group Chairman Jeff Shell, meets with a group of movie industry executives during a visit to Universal Studios in Burbank, California, on February 16, 2016.

35th Anniversary of FEMA Speakers Event.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Anefo photo collection. Prime Minister Vegel van Suriname arrived in the Netherlands. April 29, 1963. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Office of the Administrator - Environmental Groups Meeting , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a virtual NATO Foreign Ministerial from the U.S. Department of Defense on December 1, 2020.

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Guam, U.S. Territory

Conway, AR, May 8, 2014 ; Faulkner County officials and local government leaders meet at the Faulkner County Road Department Training Facility for an ApplicantBriefing prior to the submission of applications for FEMA Public Assistance for repair of public infrastructure that was damaged by a tornado that struck the communities of Mayflower and Vilonia, Arkansas on April 27. FEMA supports local, state and tribal governments in their efforts to recover from natural disasters. Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

US Homeland Security Secretary at City Hall Meeting in Al. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Queens, N.Y., May 17, 2013 Sheila Daniels, Recovery Support Function (RSF) Team Lead and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Deputy Field Coordinator, James Cruickshank listens to External Affairs staff after briefing them about HUD's role and their collaboration with FEMA during New York's recovery efforts for Hurricane Sandy. Ashley Andujar/FEMA. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Lucy Geidner, right, Senior Systems Analyst, Enterprise Modernization Directorate, updates Col. Jeanette Martin, left, Director, EMoD, regarding solutions associated with Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army, Jan. 30, 2023, at Fort Knox, Kentucky. HRC holds daily meetings to address and resolve connectivity and functionality issues between IPPS-A and HRCs applications and databases discovered following the Army-wide release of IPPS-A Jan. 17, 2023.

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Dewitt Jones, co-author of The Nature of Leadership , Environmental Protection Agency

Ames Women's Influence Network (WIN) Hidden Figures talk with "Computers" Carolyn Hofstetter and Carol Mead co-sponsored by the AAAG

In recognition of Black History Month, the Black Employee Strategy Team hosted a panel discussion featuring some of the future leaders of NASAs Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 13, 2019. Participants from left, are Tamiko Fletcher, Kennedys chief security information officer in IT Security; Anthony Harris, chief, Facility Systems Branch in Safety and Mission Assurance; Charmel Anderson-Jones, senior cross program quality engineer in the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, Exploration Ground Systems Division; and Malcolm Boston, contracting officer representative in the Launch Services Program. They shared personal testimony about their journey toward NASA employment, leadership styles and keys to their success.

Lisa Weiland, Massachusetts Port Authority CEO (Left), Jeanne Benincasa Thorpe, Undersecretary for Department of Homeland Security for Massachusetts (Middle Left), Polly Trottenberg, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (Middle Right), and Rear. Adm. John Mauger, First Coast Guard District Commander (Right) attended and participated in a leadership panel at U.S. Coast Guard Base Boston in Boston, Massachusetts on September 8, 2022. During the panel, they discussed valued traits in leadership in each of their senior positions, trends in retaining and managing their workforce, and skills of active duty members transferred into their organizations.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Brownfields 2009 - Sustainable Communites Start Here , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute , Environmental Protection Agency

Flooding - Omaha, Neb. , August 8, 2011 Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle meets with representatives of the State of Nebraska and FEMA regarding preventative measures taken by the city during the recent flooding in the area. FEMA is working to provide assistance to flood survivors. Jace Anderson/FEMA. Nebraska Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

35th Anniversary of FEMA Speakers Event.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Bureau of Industry and Security - United States and Malaysia Export Council

VOAD Meeting at JFO.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Flooding Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Neptune, N. J. , Nov. 16, 2011 Lester C. Hauck, Director of Facilities Management for Operations, Monmouth University (back left) and Dean Volpe, Captain of Police, Monmouth University (back center) speak with Phyllis Deroian, FEMA External Affairs Officer (back right) while Susan Langhoff, Assistant External Officer for Private Sector (front left) speaks with Sandra May, Senior Media Representative, Atlantic City Electric (front right) after a presentation by FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer FCO William Vogel, during a tour for private sector partners at FEMA's Joint Field Office (JFO) in Neptune. New Jersey Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman delivers keynote remarks virtually at Columbia University�s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C, on October 28, 2021.

Anchorage, AK, May, 21, 2014 Federal Coordinating Officer Dolph Diemont (R) and State Coordinating Office Bryan Fisher (C) provide a briefing to Mike O'Hare, Deputy Director - Homeland Security & Emergency Management at State of Alaska (L) at the Joint Field Office regarding recovery efforts after a severe flood struck the areas. Congressional briefings are held both in person and via teleconferences on voluntary agency repair and rebuilding of homes damaged or destroyed by the spring 2013 flooding in Galena, Emmonak, Circle and Alakanuk. Adam DuBrowa/ FEMA. Alaska Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield participates in the UN Security Council Open Debate on Multilateralism, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on May 7, 2021.

Kepler team members at press event and doing media interviews.

Delegations from U.S., People's Republic of China at signing event for bilateral agreement

Volunteers with Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers learn to process calls at the districts headquarters in downtown Portland Sept. 28 as they prepare to staff a Corps-run call center to help homeowners affected by hurricane damage. The Portland District headquarters is the new, permanent home for the Corps Operation Blue Roof call center. Operation Blue Roof, managed by the Corps on behalf of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, provides a free installation of a fiber-reinforced sheeting to cover hurricane-damaged roofs until homeowners can arrange permanent repairs. The call center is expected to be ready as early as Oct. 1.

New York, N.Y., Ar. 14, 2015-John Grathwol (wearing orange tie) from New York City Mayor's Office of Management and Budget visits the New York Sandy Recovery Office for a briefing and to thank the Public Assistance and Mitigation Programs personnel for the work they are doing. K.C. Wilsey FEMA. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Fort McCoy members participate in servant leadership training April 27, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The training was coordinated by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Human Resources and Viterbo University. A Fort McCoy Directorate of Human Resources leader who helped organize the training said the training is good for the Fort McCoy workforce because it specifically shows the workforce that regardless of age, rank, or status, its always good to be a lifelong learner. And that leader said its also important for government employees to remember they serve. They serve the employee first, taxpayers, service members, family members, and the country. And the leader said that being a servant leader is about who you are, not what you do.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with White House Fellows

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Press Conference: United States Patent to Electronic Patent Filing

Office of Administration - Aspiring Leaders Development Program (ALDP) Kick-Off Event

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, where he joined Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Idaho Lieutenant Governor Jim Risch, and other officials for meetings, tours of the facility and surrounding area, and press conference on fire season preparations

Flooding - Minot, N. D. , June 29, 2011 Richard Serino, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) deputy administrator, takes questions from the media at a press conference in Minot, North Dakota. Andrea Booher/FEMA. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Majuro Atoll, of the Republic of Marshall Islands

Jack May, South Pacific Division, Small Business assistant director and Khristina Sandoval, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, Regional Business Oversight Branch chief, upper left, teach PROSPECT (Proponent-Sponsored Engineer Corps Training) Course 183, Formal Source Selection, about procurement.army.mil, a one stop shop for Formal Source Selection resources, at the Jadwin Building in Galveston, Texas, Feb. 13-16, 2024.

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Transform Leadership , Environmental Protection Agency

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Ottawa, Ohio,September 6, 2007 Jesse Munoz (C) FEMA Federal Coordination Officer (FCO) listening to residents questions at a Blufftin town council meeting. Shown with him are: (LtoR) Small Business Administration (SBA) Officer in Charge (OIC) Travis Brown, Manny Toro, FEMA Community Relations (CR) and Iris Epsenhart, FEMA Individual Assistance (IA) representative. John Ficara/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits across from Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama on August 23, 2016, before a bilateral meeting at Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja, Nigeria, following earlier conversations with Nigerian President Muhummadu Buhari and Governor� of the country�s Northern region.

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell gives a speech during a reception at City Hall during Fleet Week, Aug. 3, 2022. Fleet Week Seattle is a time-honored celebration of the sea services and provides an opportunity for the citizens of Washington to meet Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, as well as witness firsthand the latest capabilities of today's maritime services.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA STAKE HOLDER FORUM

Homeland Security Secretary Visits Joint Field Office. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, where he joined Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Idaho Lieutenant Governor Jim Risch, and other officials for meetings, tours of the facility and surrounding area, and press conference on fire season preparations

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. Naval Oceanography hosted U.S. Congressional staff from the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and staff from Congressman Robert Rob Wittman office. Mr. Dave Sienicki, HASC Seapower Minority Professional Staff Members, Mrs. Carolyn King, Chief of Staff to Rep. Wittman, and Mr. Jay Vallario, HASC Seapower Professional Staff Member made up the delegation that visited Stennis Space Center to become familiar with the missions and capabilities of Naval Oceanography. The delegation visited DoD Supercomputing Resource Center (DSRC), Glider Operations Center, and toured our unmanned systems static display.Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command directs and oversees more than 2,500 globally-distributed military and civilian personnel who collect, process and exploit environmental information to assist Fleet and Joint Commanders in all warfare areas to make better decisions faster than the adversary, April 11, 2022.

Tornado - Frankfort, Ky. , April 17, 2012 Bob Fenton, Deputy Assistant Administrator of Response, answering questions being asked by Staff and DAEs at regional and field offices regarding FQS at the town hall meeting at the Kentucky JFO. Cheryl Reyes /FEMA. Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Pima County, Arizona's border area with Mexico, for tours, discussions with Bureau of Indian Affairs staff and U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel meeting at the Ajo Border Patrol Station

White House Long-Term Disaster Recovery Working Group. Louisiana Hurricane Katrina. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator - EPA National Executive Leadership Development Conference , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Standing Rock Sioux Tribe - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation at Fort Yates, ND , Environmental Protection Agency

President Yoon at GSFC. President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea meets with Korean-American employees during a tour of NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center, Tuesday, April 25, 2023, in Greenbelt, Md.

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Guam, U.S. Territory

Dr. Andrew Moutu, director of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery (NMAG), speaks Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and staff members of the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, as a part of a Papua New Guinea operations summit hosted by DPAA May 10, 2022. The event, which included participants from Australia and the United States, both government and non-governmental entities, reinforced stakeholder relationships and strengthened the Agencys robust network of external partners to augment and support DPAA operations and all efforts applied towards case progression. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Houston Policing.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Washington, D.C., Sep. 27, 2012 Flat Stanley and Flat Stella visit Washington, D.C.'s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency emergency operations center.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

AUGUSTA, Ga. - AvengerCon is a yearly free security event hosted by volunteers from the 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber) to benefit the hackers of the U.S. Cyber Command and Department of Defense. The event is targeted at personnel supporting DoD cyberspace missions, but others are welcome to attend. AvengerCon features presentations, hacker villages, training workshops, and much more.

Office of the Administrator - Atlanta , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Hempstead, N.Y., July 28, 2015-FEMA, Nassau County and Hofstra Law School host a Home Elevation and Accessibility Workshop at the University's Law Center to inform builders, architects and designers of the need to consider homeowners with disabilities when reconstructing or building new structures. Kathleen Madigan (L) FEMA Disability Integration Advisor and pertest Marbell (R), FEMA Housing Recovery Liaison discuss inclusive community recovery initiatives K.C. Wilsey FEMA. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

A panel of experts speak about Army talent management during a leadership solarium at the Land Forces Pacific Symposium in Honolulu, May 19, 2022. Nearly 100 U.S. Army and foreign junior leaders participated in the solarium to learn more about building trust in their units, strategic thinking and talent management.

Speaker of Toronto City Council podium within the Council Chambers at Toronto's New City Hall where City Council meetings take place. Toronto, ON.

FEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugatemet with the FEMA National Advisory Council on February 10, 2016 in Raleigh, N.C... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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