Conferences and Forums

Scenes from various conferences and forums involving discussions on innovation, policy, and advisory roles, showcasing attendees and speakers.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Office of the Secretary - EXPORT IMPORT BANK ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Office of the Secretary - NIST Site Visit

Technology Administration - FINANCING INNOVATION FORUM US/INDIA

National Park System Advisory Board Scholars Forum on the role of the National Park Service as civic educator, at Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, with American historians and social scientists, Secretary Gale Norton and Department of Interior staff, political dignitaries in attendance

Technology Administration - FINANCING INNOVATION FORUM US/INDIA

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with National Auto Dealers (Hurricane Katrina)

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Economic Development Administration - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) Symposium

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - CAPITOL HILL OCEAN WEEK

Office of the Secretary - EXPORT IMPORT BANK ANNUAL CONFERENCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Fishery Management

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Labor Hall of Fame Induction

Office of the Secretary - Latin Small Business Economic Conference

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

Office of the Administrator - National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response - Coal Combustion Products Partnership (C2P2) Awards , Environmental Protection Agency

Department of the Interior University-sponsored event for Presidential Management Fellows at Main Interior, with Secretary Gale Norton among the senior officials on hand

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

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

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS PRESENTATION TO TEXTILES MANUFACTURER

Employment and Training Administration - PEPNet Promising and Effective Practices Network Ceremony

Breakout meetings, led by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and other federal, state, and private organization officials, conducted as part of the White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy at the Downtown Reno Ballroom, Reno, Nevada

Activities at Interior Senior Executive Service (SES) Conference

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERNCE MOTIGATING VOLCANIC ASH HAZARDS TO AVIATION

Interior employee meeting, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, and Associate Deputy Secretary James Cason among the senior officials speaking and fielding questions

Breakout meetings, led by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and other federal, state, and private organization officials, conducted as part of the White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy at the Downtown Reno Ballroom, Reno, Nevada

Technology Administration - FINANCING INNOVATION FORUM US/INDIA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA STAKE HOLDER FORUM

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 the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez Speaks to Anti-Counterfeiting and Piracy Summit

Office of the Secretary - PHOTOS OF SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AND PUTIN FROM MOSCOW, RUSSIA

Women's Bureau - Women's Bureau Staff Meeting at the Washington Court Hotel

Farewell gathering at Main Interior for Secretary Gale Norton, with presentations by Interior senior officials and unveiling of official painted portrait of Norton

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - "Radio Day" Commerce Official At Treasury

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Coming Together for Clean Water , Environmental Protection Agency

Bureau of Industry and Security - UPDATE 2003 CONFERENCE

Bureau of Industry and Security - UPDATE 2003 CONFERENCE

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

Breakout meetings, led by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and other federal, state, and private organization officials, conducted as part of the White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy at the Downtown Reno Ballroom, Reno, Nevada

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS, SECRETARY JOHN SNOW AND SECRETARY ELAINE CHAO AT WEST COAST JOBS GROWTH TOUR

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASAs Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, center director Bob Cabana speaks after being presented the prestigious Dr. Kurt H. Debus Award. A former U.S. Marine Corps aviator and NASA astronaut, Cabana was honored at the gala Debus Award Dinner. Named for the spaceports first director, the Debus Award was created to recognize significant achievements and contributions made in Florida to American aerospace efforts. The Debus Award was created by the space club's Florida committee to recognize significant achievements and contributions made in Florida to American aerospace efforts.

Bureau of Economic Analysis - Advisory Committee

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

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration - National Summit on Retirement Savings Delegrate Reception

Federal Trade Commission - Onguard Online Kick-off

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL OF THE AMERICA'S

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the dais (right), Kwatsi Alibaruho speaks to guests at NASA Kennedy Space Center's annual BEST (Black Employee Strategy Team) African-American History Month luncheon. Among attendees was Center Director Jim Kennedy. The guest speaker for the luncheon, Alibaruho is a flight director from Johnson Space Center Mission Control. The theme for this year's luncheon was "Creating New Paths From Journeys Past." The luncheon was held in the Kurt H. Debus Center at Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Complex.

Entrepreneur and business leader Don Weber gives his presentation during the 2022 Fort McCoy, Wis., observance Oct. 20, 2022, of Disability Employment Awareness Month at McCoy's Community Center. According to the Library of Congress at https://www.loc.gov/accessibility/disability-employment-awareness-month, in October, Americans observe National Disability Employment Awareness Month by paying tribute to the accomplishments of the men and women with disabilities whose work helps keep the nations economy strong and by reaffirming their commitment to ensure equal opportunity for all citizens. The event was organized by the Army Reserve Equal Employment Opportunity Office at Fort McCoy and by Master Sgt. Ana Guzman with the Fort McCoy Equal Opportunity Office.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Green Highways Forum , Environmental Protection Agency

Members of the Tribal Leaders-Department of Interior Task Force on Trust Reform, including Yurok Tribe Chairwoman Susan Masten, fourth from left, Secretary Gale Norton, fifth from left, and Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Tex Hall, sixth from left, at Bismarck, North Dakota meeting. Masten and Hall are Task Force Tribal Co-chairs

Office of the Secretary - PEC RECEPTION

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers the keynote address at the 'Road to GES', hosted by the U.S. Department of State in Overland Park, Kansas on March 18, 2019.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARIES SNOW, EVANS AND CHAO FOR THE JOBS AND GROWTH TOUR

Secretary's Open Forum session on the documentary film investigating Southeast Asian sex trafficking, "Trading Women." Panel discussion in Loy Henderson Auditorium featured the film's narrator, actress Angelina Jolie; the film's writer director, David Feingold; Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky; and Ambassador at Large and Director of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, John Miller. Panelists were introduced by Open Forum Chairman William Keppler.

National Parks Centennial Challenge Dinner, hosted by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at Main Interior, promoting the public-private matching fund element of the Interior initiative designed to prepare National Parks for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016

Office of Enforcement and Compliance - Global E-Waste Conference , Environmental Protection Agency

International Trade Administration - PEC BREAKFAST MEETING

Office of the Administrator - Madison, Wisconsin , Environmental Protection Agency

Federal Trade Commission - Costa Rica Memorandum of Understanding Signing

Bureau of Industry and Security - UPDATE 2003 CONFERENCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERNCE MOTIGATING VOLCANIC ASH HAZARDS TO AVIATION

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Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TO SPEAK AT BALDRIGE WIMMERS CONFERENCE

Office of the Administrator - Santa Barbara , Environmental Protection Agency

National Institute of Standards and Technology - QUEST EXCELLENCE CONFERENCE BALDRIGE AWARDS

U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters during a Department Press Briefing, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 3, 2021.

U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters during a Department Press Briefing, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 3, 2021.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Federal Summit , Environmental Protection Agency

New Orleans, La., Aug. 26, 2015--Louisiana Recovery Office Director Mike Womack participates in a panel about the government's role in emergency preparedness with Paul Verkuil, chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States, and Cedric Grant, executive director of the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans. The panel was art of the City of New Orleans' Katrina 10 weeklong event to mark a decade since Hurricane Katrina.

Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations - Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) Round Table , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Transformational Leadership Conference (TLC) with John Amaechi , Environmental Protection Agency

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - During the luncheon held at the 2004 Florida Regional FIRST competition at the University of Central Florida, Center Director Jim Kennedy praises the teamwork of the students involved. The event hosted 41 teams from Canada, Brazil, Great Britain and the United States. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush also spoke at the luncheon. FIRST is a nonprofit organization, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, that sponsors the event pitting gladiator robots against each other in an athletic-style competition. The FIRST robotics competition is designed to provide students with a hands-on, inside look at engineering and other professional careers, pairing high school students with engineer mentors and corporations.

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration - National Summit on Retirement Savings Delegrate Reception

Office of the Deputy Administrator - World Forum on Energy Regulation III , Environmental Protection Agency

Employment and Training Administration / Office of Public Affairs - Swearing-In Emily De Rocce, John Henshaw

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA STAKE HOLDER FORUM

Reception and awards event on Capitol Hill, sponsored by the Cooperative Alliance for Refuge Enhancement (CARE) and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, FWS Director H. Dale Hall, and FWS Assistant Director for the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) Geoffrey Haskett among the Interior officials on hand. Honored for their work in support of the NWRS were Congressmen Mike Thompson of California, Michael Castle of Delaware, Norman Dicks of Washington, Ron Kind of Wisconsin, Jim Saxton of New Jersey, and Todd Tiahrt of Kansas. Event highlighted National Wildlife Refuge Week, and marked the 10th anniversary of the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997.

International Trade Administration - International Trade Administration Outreach

Bureau of Industry and Security - BIS Update 2004 Conference

Administrator Mike Leavitt addresses the EPA Web Workgroup Conference in Washington, DC , Environmental Protection Agency

Signing ceremony, at Main Interior, for the annual funding agreement covering operation of the National Bison Range Complex, located in Moiese, Montana, within the boundaries of the Flathead Reservation. Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett joined Montana Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs George Skibine, and the Chairman of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, James Steele, among the dignitaries on hand.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA Stakeholder Forum

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 Secretary - UNITED STATES / KAZAKHASTAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

Office of the Secretary - Learnship Training Conference with Secretary Elaine Chao

Bureau of Economic Analysis - Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Advisory Committee Briefing

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

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez Address Asian Society

Administrator Mike Leavitt addresses the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance's (OECA) National Program Priorities meeting , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - Learnship Training Conference with Secretary Elaine Chao

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Cocoa Beach, Fla., Bonnie Dubrow, business development manager with Flexure Engineering, welcomes participants in the room and those participating online to the Third International Workshop on Lunar Superconductor Applications. The workshop included presentations from several engineers and researchers at Kennedy Space Center. The three-day workshop included presentations from speakers throughout the country and focused on Lunar in-situ resource utilization, NASAs Lunar Ice Prospector called RESOLVE, CubeSats, cryogenic storage and many other topics related to lunar exploration.

At an all-hands briefing in the Training Auditorium, Center Director Jim Kennedy, Mike Kostelnik, deputy associate administrator, Space Shuttle and International Space Station Programs, and Bill Parsons, Shuttle Program manager, respond to questions from KSC employees. Topics discussed were return to flight and the Shuttle program.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao attending Women in Government Relations Luncheon

Technology Administration - COMSCI PROGRAM GRADUATION

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA STAKE HOLDER FORUM

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 Dirk Kempthorne hosting National Park Service (NPS)-Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) luncheon at Main Interior, promoting the Centennial Challenge, part of Interior's initiative designed to prepare National Parks for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the NPS 100th anniversary in 2016

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