Corporate Farewell and Ceremonies

Formal gatherings featuring business personnel in meetings, oath ceremonies, and discussions. More serious tones with a professional setting.

Signing event, at the National Geographic Society (NGS) headquarters in Washington, D.C., for Memorandum of Understanding promoting geotourism--tourism that helps sustain or enchance the environmental, cultural, aesthetic, historical character and well-being of a place and its residents--as a collaborative approach among government agencies and private partners. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined NGS President and Chief Executive Officer John Fahey, Jr., NGS Executive Vice President Terry Garcia, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment Mark Rey, Bureau of Indian Affairs Director Jerold Gidner, Bureau of Land Management Deputy Director Henri Bisson, Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Kenneth Stansell, and Forest Service Associate Chief Sally Collins, among other dignitaries, at the gathering.

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

Office of Enforcement and Compliance - Cynthia Giles Oath Ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

Summit on Global Aging, in Dean Acheson Auditorium, where participants from government, universities, and the private sector discussed the effects of population aging on economic growth, labor force, trade, migration, international relations, and national security.

International Trade Administration - International Trade Administration Outreach

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - 35th Anniversary Panel , Environmental Protection Agency

Signing event, at the National Geographic Society (NGS) headquarters in Washington, D.C., for Memorandum of Understanding promoting geotourism--tourism that helps sustain or enchance the environmental, cultural, aesthetic, historical character and well-being of a place and its residents--as a collaborative approach among government agencies and private partners. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined NGS President and Chief Executive Officer John Fahey, Jr., NGS Executive Vice President Terry Garcia, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment Mark Rey, Bureau of Indian Affairs Director Jerold Gidner, Bureau of Land Management Deputy Director Henri Bisson, Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Kenneth Stansell, and Forest Service Associate Chief Sally Collins, among other dignitaries, at the gathering.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - American Chemistry Council Conference , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of Internal Affairs - Administrator Lisa P. Jackson with visitors , Environmental Protection Agency

Press conference, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, and Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, announcing the impending reintroduction of 11 aplomado falcons to New Mexico--a step toward the full restoration of this bird population (the only domestic falcons still listed as endangered) to the southwestern U.S.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Agri Business in the 21st Century

Senior staff gathering at Department of Interior headquarters honoring outgoing Office of Surface Mining Director Jeffrey Jarrett, leaving to become Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy at the Department of Energy

Meeting and press conference, hosted by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at Main Interior, on inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with the Secretary joined by Alabama Governor Bob Riley, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, Florida Governor Charlie Crist, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS ADDRESS NTIA FCC WIRELESS TECH EXPO

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 18, 2022.

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

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - MIKE GALLAGHER HEARING

Press conference, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, and Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, announcing the impending reintroduction of 11 aplomado falcons to New Mexico--a step toward the full restoration of this bird population (the only domestic falcons still listed as endangered) to the southwestern U.S.

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

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS DELIVERS KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT LOUISIANA'S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Press conference, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, and Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, announcing the impending reintroduction of 11 aplomado falcons to New Mexico--a step toward the full restoration of this bird population (the only domestic falcons still listed as endangered) to the southwestern U.S.

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Office of the Administrator - Cabinet Reception , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Water Work Group , Environmental Protection Agency

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken presents the 17th annual Awards for Corporate Excellence (ACE), at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 5, 2017. The ACE, established in 1999, recognizes U.S. companies that represent American values in their business practices worldwide. The winners, in alphabetical order by category, are the following: Inclusive Hiring Practices: General Electric in Saudi Arabia and McDonald�s Deutschland in Germany; Small or Medium Enterprises: Andela in Nigeria; Sustainable Oceans Management: Bureo in Chile and Interface in the Philippines; and Transparent Operations: Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde in Peru.

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

American Recreation Coalition (ARC) awards event at the Decatur House, Washington, D.C., where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne received the 2008 Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award. Joining the Secretary and his wife, Patricia, at the event were ARC President Derrick Crandall, ARC Chairman Thom Dammrich, and Coleman Company President Sam Solomon, among other dignitaries.

Office of the Deputy Secretary - Swearing- In David Sampson

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

Press conference, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, and Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, announcing the impending reintroduction of 11 aplomado falcons to New Mexico--a step toward the full restoration of this bird population (the only domestic falcons still listed as endangered) to the southwestern U.S.

Office of the Administrator - Cabinet Reception , Environmental Protection Agency

Federal Trade Commission - Swearing-In Rosch Kovacik

Mike Leavitt - Office of the Administrator (OA) meeting and Senior Staff meeting , Environmental Protection Agency

Meeting and press conference, hosted by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at Main Interior, on inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with the Secretary joined by Alabama Governor Bob Riley, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, Florida Governor Charlie Crist, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo hosts a dinner for attendees of the Global Chiefs of Mission Conference, at the Department of State, on February 25, 2020.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - The Century Foundation Peter A. A. Berle Environmental Integrity Award , Environmental Protection Agency

Mike Leavitt's first day: various meetings , Environmental Protection Agency

Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, Paula Dobriansky; Ambassador at Large and Director of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, John Miller; Virginia Congressman Frank Wolf; and New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith.

Office of the Deputy Administrator - President's Quality Awards , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). National Museum of the American Indian , Environmental Protection Agency

Foreign Affairs Day 2005 ceremonies, speeches, award presentations. Events included a ceremony at the American Foreign Service Association's (AFSA) Memorial Plaque, in the Harry S. Truman Building's C Street Lobby, honoring foreign service officers who died in the line of duty. AFSA President John Limbert, Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns, and other officials delivered remarks, as three new entries on the plaque the names of James Mollen and Edward Seitz, of U.S. Embassy Baghdad, and John O'Grady, of U.S. Consulate in Brisbane were unveiled.

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE SENATE ENERGY BILL

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH TRADE COMMITTEE OF NAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, joined by U.S. Mission Japan Charg� d'Affaires Joseph M. Young, participates in a virtual business roundtable, in Tokyo, Japan on March 16, 2021.

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

Interagency Group on Insular Areas (IGIA) meeting at Main Interior, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Chief of Staff Doug Domenech, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Insular Affairs Nikolao Pula, and other Interior officials joining Governors and Congressional representatives of U.S. island territories, including Governors Felix Camacho of Guam, Benigno Fitial of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Togiola Tulafono of American Soma, Congresswoman Donna Christian-Christensen of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo of Guam, and Resident Representative to Congress from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Pete Tenorio

Secretary Gale Norton meeting with law students pursuing honors program work at Department of Interior Solicitor's Office

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at Department of Interior headquarters signing event for federal-state-tribal agreement resolving water rights claims of the New Mexico-based Zuni Tribe in the Little Colorado River Basin of Arizona

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS ADDRESS NTIA FCC WIRELESS TECH EXPO

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - U.S. - China Strategic Economic Dialogue Signing , Environmental Protection Agency

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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA / SEAGRANT FELLOWS RECEPTION

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE SENATE ENERGY BILL

Office of the Secretary - NO INFORMATION GIVEN

Technology Administration - Commerce Science and Technology (ComSci) Program Kick-Off

Office of Business Liaison - NO INFORMATION GIVEN

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 Administration and Resource Management - Contract signing , Environmental Protection Agency

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 - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH SENATE LEADERSHIP PRESS CONFERENCE

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

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS IN ROMANIA

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

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

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Alexis Herman with Secretary Representatives and Presidential Rank Award Winners

Flanked by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, right, Mexican Foreign Secretary Jose Antonio Meade delivers remarks during the North American Trilateral Ministerial at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 17, 2014.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Alexis Herman's Appointee Reception

Hitul Thaker gives the invocation during the swearing-in ceremony of Dr. Ravi Chaudhary as the assistant secretary of the Air Force for energy, installations and the environment during a ceremony at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., April 7, 2023.

Christine Todd Whitman Meeting with Mexico's Ambassador , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry swears in the next U.S. Ambassador to Romania Hans Klemm during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 16, 2015.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at Chinatown in New York City (NYC)

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

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks to the Millennium Challenge Corporation in Washington, D.C., November 27, 2012.

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS ADDRESS NTIA FCC WIRELESS TECH EXPO

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS PARTICIPATES IN EMERGING SECURITIES TECHNOLOGY FAIR

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS IN ROMANIA

Office of Enforcement and Compliance - Granta Nakayama Oath Ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - Lunch with Secretary Carlos Gutierrez

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Colombian President Ivan Duque in Bogota, Colombia, on September 19, 2020.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at a Congressional-hosted reception for African leaders on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on August 4, 2014. Leaders from across the African continent are in the nation's capital for a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the largest event any U.S. President has held with African heads of state and government.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat sign a Memorandum of Cooperation to expand a public health partnership between the United States and the African Union, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 2022.

Technology Administration - COMSCI PROGRAM GRADUATION

Swearing In Ceremony, Oath of Office Ceremony for Newly Hired Employees

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response - Susan Bodine Oath , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - White House Fellows Reception , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AT SIGNING CEREMONY

Christine Todd Whitman Meeting with Mexico's Ambassador , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of the General Council - Ann Klee , Environmental Protection Agency

Mike Leavitt's first day: various meetings , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S..-Mexico Binational Commission (BNC) agreement signing event at Main Interior for the Joint Declaration of Sister Park Partnerships, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and Mexican counterpart, Undersecretary Felipe Adrian Vasquez of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, officially designating seven parks for cooperative efforts on natural resource management

Office of the Administrator - Cabinet Reception , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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

Retirement luncheon for Vivien Woofter, long time Director of the Interior and Furnishings Division of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), at Washington, D.C.'s Willard Intercontinental Hotel. Event featured speeches, and an award presentation by the OBO Director, Major General Charles Williams

The minister of defense for Cyprus, Charalambos Petrides, signs the guest book before for talks at the Pentagon with Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander, Washington, D.C., June 1, 2022. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Marjorie Buckholtz Retirement , Environmental Protection Agency

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