Contract Signing Events

Group photos of individuals engaging in contract signing events, showcasing collaboration, official agreements, and professional settings.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Signing Ceremony

Secretary Gale Norton, third from left, with Mexico's Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, Alberto Cardenas-Jimenez, to Norton's right, at Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C. signing ceremony for agreement to extend U.S.-Mexico wildlife protection pact an additional ten years

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, and other senior officials meeting at Main Interior with Guatemala delegation, led by Carlos Fion, Chief of Staff to the President of Guatemala, and Salvador Lopez, Director of the Ministry of Culture and Sports. The Secretary joined the Guatemala leaders in signing a Memorandum of Understanding providing for a ten-year U.S.-Guatemala partnership in support of the conservation of significant natural and cultural resources in Guatemala.

International Trade Administration - Swearing-In Christian Bishop

Swearing in of George Staples as Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources, with Under Secretary for Management Henrietta Fore presiding

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, and other senior officials meeting at Main Interior with Guatemala delegation, led by Carlos Fion, Chief of Staff to the President of Guatemala, and Salvador Lopez, Director of the Ministry of Culture and Sports. The Secretary joined the Guatemala leaders in signing a Memorandum of Understanding providing for a ten-year U.S.-Guatemala partnership in support of the conservation of significant natural and cultural resources in Guatemala.

Emmy Simmons, U.S. Agency for International Development's Assistant Administrator for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade, and other officials at State signing ceremony for U.S. Italy bilateral agreement on climate change related science and technology

Technology Administration - SIGNING CEREMONY WITH CHINESE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Office of Disability Employment Policy - Agreement Signing with the Director of the Farm Credit Adiminstration

U.S. Ambassador to Poland Lee Feinstein and Polish Undersecretary of State Najder shake hands after signing the Annex to the Protocol to the Ballistic Missiles Defense Agreement in Krakow, Poland, on July 3, 2010.

Acting Secretary of State John Sullivan and Vice President Mike Pence look on as French President Emmanuel Macron signs the U.S. Department of State's guestbook before the state luncheon at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 24, 2018.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson's Official Trip to China (The Fifth China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue) , Environmental Protection Agency

Technology Administration - UNITED STATES / CHINA BILATERAL MEETING

Office of the Secretary - Meeting with United States Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins

Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.

Office of Disability Employment Policy - Agreement Signing with the Director of the Farm Credit Adiminstration

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Announces Program to Assist Small and Minority Business Bid Contract

Secretary Gale Norton, left, with Mexico's Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, Alberto Cardenas-Jimenez, at Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C. signing ceremony for agreement to extend U.S.-Mexico wildlife protection pact an additional ten years

Technology Administration - UNITED STATES / CHINA BILATERAL MEETING

Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Occupational Safety and Health Administration Signing

Office of Disability Employment Policy - Agreement Signing with the Director of the Farm Credit Adiminstration

Dr. Artis Pabriks, minister of defense and deputy prime minister of Latvia, speaks with Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall during a meeting at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., March 30, 2022. Pabriks and Kendall discussed NATO partnership and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry applauds as General Electric and Cong Ly officials complete signing an agreement to purchase new wind farm equipment in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on December 14, 2013.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides, including Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., to Ottawa, Canada for bilateral talks with Canada's Minister of the Environment, John Baird, concerning the status of the polar bear and other cross-border issues

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach looks on as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry signs the guestbook at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 21, 2015, before the Secretary toured the facility and addressed an international press corps who had been working there during his weeklong negotiations with Iranian leaders about the future of their nuclear program.

Secretary Gale Norton, left, working with Department of Interior senior staff during the final days of the Norton tenure

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA)

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade Small Group Meeting

International Trade Administration - Swearing-In James Sitton

Clear Cards; Tom Gibson; Chief of Staff; Christine Todd Whitman , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Libby Press Conference , Environmental Protection Agency

Bill signing, Executive Order 11036, Administration of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended. President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs Executive Order 11036 to amend the Administration of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. Two unidentified men observe. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary with Emilio Gonzales Director US Citizenship and Immigration

Netherlands Memorandum of Record (MOR) agreement signing the NASA Ames Research Center, Mofffett Field, California. Signing the MOR are on left Dr. Louis B.J.Vertegaal, Director of Physical Sciences, Chemistry, and Advanced Chemical Technologies for Sustainability, of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and on right Dr. S. Pete Worden, Director NASA Ames Research Center

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH CHAIRMAN RICH CROTTY

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary's Gutierrez's Trip from Brussels, Chongging China, Cairo and Beijing

Office of the Deputy Administrator - Memorandum of Understanding - Green Sports , Environmental Protection Agency

Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Occupational Safety and Health Adminstration (OHSA) and Associated General Contractors (AGC) Partnership Signing Ceremony

Office of the Administrator - Rule Signing with National Black Farmers Association , Environmental Protection Agency

International Trade Administration - Swearing In Louisa Cheng

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Water Cluster , Environmental Protection Agency

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The signing of a lease agreement between Spaceport Florida Authority (SFA) and United Space Alliance (USA) for the use of a hangar at Kennedy Space Center brings smiles to the participants. Seated at the table are (left) Marcie Harris, USA Site Director, and (right) Ed Gormel, Spaceport Florida Executive Director. Observing behind them are (left to right) Rochelle Cooper, USA associate general counsel; Marv Jones, KSC associate director; Greg Popp, Spaceport Florida business manager; Congressman Dave Weldon; and State Rep. Mike Haridopolos. The hangar was originally developed by the state as part of a joint NASA/SFA Reusable Launch Vehicle Support Complex at KSC. USA plans to use the state-developed 50,000-square-foot facility to store and maintain Space Shuttle ground equipment

Orlando, Fla., July 12, 2013 FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) President and CEO Benjamin Jealous signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) at the NAACP's 104th Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak signs Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo�s guestbook before their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 22, 2019.

Utah Governor Mike Leavitt, seated left, and Secretary Gale Norton, seated right, at Department of Interior headquarters signing event for memorandumof understanding on use of 1866 law recognizing rights of way for potential road development on Bureau of Land Management lands

Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Hispanic Contractors of America Alliance Signing Ceremony

Announcement, at the Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, of the proposal to remove the brown pelican from the Endangered Species List, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, and other officials at the signing and press conference marking the recovery of the species in Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Collective Bargaining Agreement Union

Office of Business Liaison - NO INFORMATION GIVEN

Secretary Gale Norton, left, with Department of Interior senior staff during the final days of the Norton tenure

International Trade Administration - Swearing-In Janee Pierre-Louise

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signs the Fairbanks Declaration, in which the Council reaffirmed its commitment to maintain peace, stability, and constructive cooperation in the Arctic, and to sustainable development and the protection of the Arctic environment, at the 10th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska, on May 11, 2017.

International Trade Administration - Swearing-In Sarah Ellerman

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - 2009 LULAC National Convention & Exposition, Puerto Rican Convention Center , Environmental Protection Agency

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

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden signs a framework agreement on civil space cooperation between the U.S. and Canada, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Hispanic Contractors of America Alliance Signing Ceremony

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

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Alexis Herman Signing Ceremony with Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)

In demonstration of their shared commitment, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken joined his colleagues in signing a declaration and strategic plan on Arctic cooperation, setting the vision for the next 10 years, during the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland on May 20, 2021.

Secretary Gale Norton, seated, with California Governor Gray Davis, to her left, at Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Nevada signing of Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of water shares for six other River Basin states

Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and Forest Service senior officials joining representatives of private organizations, including Wilderness Inquiry, at signing event for Memorandum of Understanding relating to promotion of outdoor opportunities for persons with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act

NASA-USAID MoU Signing Ceremony. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and USAID Administrator Samantha Power participate in a NASA-USAID Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The MoU will enhance and expand the Agencies longstanding partnership that promotes science and technology solutions to address international development challenges in areas such as global health, climate change, food security, disaster mitigation and response, biodiversity conservation, and environmental management for sustainable development.

Minority Business Development Agency - Memorandum of Understanding Surety Association of America and Minority Business Development Agency

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) signing ceremony with the American Chemistry Council (ACC) , Environmental Protection Agency

Emergency Planning and Security - Denton, Texas, December 16, 2009 Incoming FEMA Region VI Regional Administrator Tony Russell and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate take part in media conference call prior to the oath of office being administered to Russell. Earl Armstrong/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of Air and Radiation - Methane Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) , Environmental Protection Agency

International Trade Administration - Swearing-in of Gregory Harris

NASA Admin Signs Joint Statement with Space Agency of Ukraine . NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and Deputy Chairman of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Volodymyr Mikheiev, sign a joint statement on civil space cooperation between NASA and the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Friday April 21, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington DC.

Office of the Secretary - Meeting with Pakistani Commerce Minister

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Water Cluster , Environmental Protection Agency

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) signing ceremony with the American Chemistry Council (ACC) , Environmental Protection Agency

Utah Governor Mike Leavitt, left, and Secretary Gale Norton at Department of Interior headquarters signing event for memorandum of understanding on use of 1866 law recognizing rights of way for potential road development on Bureau of Land Management lands

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At a ceremony at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin (left) and Indian Space Research Organization Chairman G. Madhavan Nair sign a framework agreement establishing the terms for future cooperation between the two agencies in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes. According to the framework agreement, the two agencies will identify areas of mutual interest and seek to develop cooperative programs or projects in Earth and space science, exploration, human space flight and other activities. In addition to a long history of cooperation in Earth science, NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization also are cooperating on India's first, mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-1, which will be launched later this year. NASA is providing two of the 11 instruments on the spacecraft: the moon mineralogy mapper instrument and the miniature synthetic aperture radar instrument.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Final Rulemaking to Establish Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo officiates the swearing-in ceremony for Carrie Cabelka as Assistant Secretary of State of the Bureau of Administration at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 29, 2019.

International Trade Administration - Swearing-In Eric Olson

Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Hispanic Contractors of America Alliance Signing Ceremony

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA (9-21-05 TO 9-23-05)

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

Bureau of Industry and Security - SIGNING CEREMONY WITH UNITED STATES AND CHINA

Secretary Gale Norton, seated, with California Governor Gray Davis, to her left, and Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Bennett Raley, turning at right, during Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Nevada signing of Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement on reduction of California reliance on River water

Secretary Gale Norton, seated, with California Governor Gray Davis, to her left, at Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Nevada signing of Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of water shares for six other River Basin states

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is sworn in as the 71st U.S. Secretary of State by Acting Under Secretary of State for Management Carol Z. Perez at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 26, 2021.

Minority Business Development Agency - Memorandum of Understanding Surety Association of America and Minority Business Development Agency

Healthy Forests Restoration Act signing event, with President George Bush, and, behind him, left to right, Montana Senator Max Baucus, Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis, Idaho Senator Mike Crapo, California Congressman Richard Pombo, Virginia Congressman Bob Goodlatte, Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran, Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman

WASHINGTON (April 13, 2022) The Honorable Erik K. Raven, left, is sworn in as the 34th Under Secretary of the Navy by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro April 13, 2022. Raven was confirmed as the 34th Under Secretary of the Navy April 7, 2022.

Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and Forest Service senior officials joining representatives of private organizations, including Wilderness Inquiry, at signing event for Memorandum of Understanding relating to promotion of outdoor opportunities for persons with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act

Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Signing Ceremony

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Lambrinidis smile after signing a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Hellenic Republic to reduce the incentive for further pillage of Greece's cultural heritage at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece, on July 17, 2011.

NASA Admin Signs Joint Statement with Space Agency of Ukraine . NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and Deputy Chairman of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Volodymyr Mikheiev, display their signed joint statements on civil space cooperation between NASA and the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Friday April 21, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington DC.

Office of the Secretary - AL FRINK CONFIRMATION HEARING

Technology Administration - UNITED STATES / CHINA BILATERAL MEETING

Office of International and Tribal Affairs - Memorandum of Understanding with China , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits at a desk at the Palais Coburg Hotel in Vienna, Austria, on January 16, 2016, while signing certificates and waivers to lift sanctions against Iran after the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action outlining the shape of that country's nuclear program.

Secretary Gale Norton, seated, with California Governor Gray Davis, to her left, and Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Bennett Raley, right, at Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Nevada signing of Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water

Secretary Gale Norton with the President of the Quinault Indian Nation, Pearl Capoeman-Baller, left to right, at Department of Interior headquarters signing event for agreement protecting forest habitat of marbled murrelet and other species on Quinault Reservation land in Washington state

Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Hispanic Contractors of America Alliance Signing Ceremony

International Trade Administration - President Export Council

Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili signs U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's guestbook at the 2018 Plenary Session of the U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership Commission at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2018.

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