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Government and Ceremony Events

Images depicting formal government ceremonies and meetings with officials speaking at podiums, focused on leadership and policy engagements.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, New York City, New York, to participate in a ceremony unveiling plans for a major Museum expansion--known as The Peopling of America Center, funded by the National Park Service along with the Bank of America Charitable Foundation and the Annenberg Foundation--and to observe a naturalization ceremony, for 12 new Americans, under the direction of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. Among dignitaries joining Secretary Kempthorne at the event for The Peopling of America Center were Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island National Monument Superintendent Cynthia Garrett, Annenberg Foundation Senior Program Officer Gillian Norris-Szanto, Bank of America Charitable Foundation President Andrew Plepler, and Ellis Island Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer Stephen Briganti.

Activities at the National Governors Association Centennial Meeting iin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Interior Secretary--and former Idaho Governor--Dirk Kempthorne joined a host of current and former Governors and guests, among them former President Bill Clinton (Centennial Session Keynote Speaker), Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, and ABC News political commentator and author (Centennial Session Moderator) Cokie Roberts.

Preserve America ceremony at the Caucus Room of the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined First Lady Laura Bush, Congressmen Michael Turner of Ohio and Brad Miller of North Carolina, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and other dignitaries for announcement of the first 43 Preserve America grants for 2007 and acknowledgement of 20 new Preserve America communities

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

Office of the Secretary - Federalist Society Convention and Republican Attorneys General Dinner

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

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - George Washington University, The Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Meet and Greet with U.S. Mission Germany, in Berlin, Germany on June 24, 2021.

Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs - Assistant Secretary of the Department of Labor Geri Palast Farewell

Preserve America ceremony at the Caucus Room of the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined First Lady Laura Bush, Congressmen Michael Turner of Ohio and Brad Miller of North Carolina, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and other dignitaries for announcement of the first 43 Preserve America grants for 2007 and acknowledgement of 20 new Preserve America communities

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Year End Economic Briefing Gutierrez, Snow and Chao

Office of the Secretary - JCCT BILATERAL

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Speakers Forum Harm De Blij

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

Office of the Administrator - 20th Anniversary Celebration of Executive Order 12898 - Administrator Gina McCarthy presenting an Environmental Justice Pioneer Award to Congressman John R. Lewis , Environmental Protection Agency

Douglas Loverro, NASAs new associate administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, right, joins NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center Director Jody Singer to answer questions from the Marshall team at a Dec. 17 town hall. Loverro discussed the importance of the workforce, positivity and the unifying and inspirational nature of space exploration. “At the end of the day, we depend on the workforce, not on Headquarters to further exploration,” Loverro said. “My job is to listen to you and translate that into telling Congress and the administration what you need to complete your job. We're seeking a common purpose, on a common mission. I'm relying on you to tell me what you need to get this mission done.”

Office of the Secretary - Swearing-In Ceremony for The Honorable Samuel T. Mok (CFO)

Office of the Administrator - President Obama , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton speaking on national energy issues at the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce's annual Mackinac Policy Conference in the Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Governor Gilmore (R-VA) Press Conference National Airport

Office of the Secretary - HOMELAND SECURITY EXPO

Employment and Training Administration - 21st Century Workforce Summit at MCI Center Washington, DC

Press Conference with June Gibbs Brown, Inspector General and Daniel Howard, Assistant Secretary of Defense. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Office of the Secretary - Worker Displacement Grant Annoucement Press Conference at Reason National Airport

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao addresses the American Community College Association (ACCA)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Department of Justice 100th Anniversary, A Conversation with Lisa Jackson , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - Asian Pacific American (APA) Federal Career Advancement Summit

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Donald Evans White House CD

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

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

Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs - Assistant Secretary of the Department of Labor Geri Palast Farewell

Office of the Secretary - Federalist Society Convention and Republican Attorneys General Dinner

Employment and Training Administration - 21st Century Workforce Summit at MCI Center Washington, DC

Preserve America ceremony at the Caucus Room of the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined First Lady Laura Bush, Congressmen Michael Turner of Ohio and Brad Miller of North Carolina, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and other dignitaries for announcement of the first 43 Preserve America grants for 2007 and acknowledgement of 20 new Preserve America communities

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

Secretary of State's 2006 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) ceremony and reception, Benjamin Franklin Room, with Secretary Condoleezza Rice hosting and Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan, and Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon, Jr. among the other Department speakers. Corporations honored included Sambazon for its operations in Brazil, General Motors for its operations in Colombia, and Goldman Sachs for its operations in Chile.

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

Office of the Secretary - Asian Pacific American (APA) Federal Career Advancement Summit

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

Office of the Secretary - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Press Conference Unions Training Grant

Office of the Administrator - National League of Cities , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - Federalist Society Convention and Republican Attorneys General Dinner

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

Office of the Secretary - Asian Pacific American (APA) Federal Career Advancement Summit

Activities at the National Governors Association Centennial Meeting iin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Interior Secretary--and former Idaho Governor--Dirk Kempthorne joined a host of current and former Governors and guests, among them former President Bill Clinton (Centennial Session Keynote Speaker), Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, and ABC News political commentator and author (Centennial Session Moderator) Cokie Roberts.

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

Activities at the National Governors Association Centennial Meeting iin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Interior Secretary--and former Idaho Governor--Dirk Kempthorne joined a host of current and former Governors and guests, among them former President Bill Clinton (Centennial Session Keynote Speaker), Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, and ABC News political commentator and author (Centennial Session Moderator) Cokie Roberts.

Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Jay Raymond and Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian speak during their panel discussion Digital Transformation: Unlocking the Cloud, at the 2022 Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept. 20, 2022.

Employment and Training Administration - 21st Century Workforce Summit at MCI Center Washington, DC

Office of the Secretary - Digital Files of Secretary Donald Evans Tenure 01-04

Deputy Administrator Linda Fisher at e-Gov Presentation , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of the Secretary - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Press Conference Unions Training Grant

Office of Disability Employment Policy - 11th Anniversary of American Disabilities Act (ADA) with Teddy Pendegrass

Employment and Training Administration - 21st Century Workforce Summit at MCI Center Washington, DC

Secretary Gale Norton delivering address at the National Association of Counties Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, concerning the respectiveroles of local, state, and federal governments in the management and protection of the nation's public lands, with particular reference to the newly-signed Interior-Association memorandum of understanding on stewardship matters

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

Activities at the National Governors Association Centennial Meeting iin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Interior Secretary--and former Idaho Governor--Dirk Kempthorne joined a host of current and former Governors and guests, among them former President Bill Clinton (Centennial Session Keynote Speaker), Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, and ABC News political commentator and author (Centennial Session Moderator) Cokie Roberts.

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

Small Business Administration Scorecard Press Conference. Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), unveils the 2022 Small Business Federal Procurement Scorecard, at an event hosted by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Tuesday, July 18, 2023 in the Earth Information Center at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. For the sixth year in a row NASA has received an A rating from SBA for its work with small businesses.

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

Federal Duck Stamp first day sale program at the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, with Secretary Gale Norton, South Dakota Senators Tim Johnson and John Thune, Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln, South Dakota Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth, Fish and Wildlife Service Acting Director Matt Hogan, and Washington, D.C. Postmaster Delores Killette joined by 2004 Duck Stamp Contest winning artist Mark Anderson and 2005 Junior Duck Stamp Contest winning artist Kerissa Nelson, among other attendees

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

Director of Marshall Space Flight Center, Jody Singer, right, speaks on a panel with NASA's three other female center directors: Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis of Glenn Research Center, second from left, Vanessa Wyche of Johnson Space Center, center, Janet Petro of Kennedy Space Center, second from right, moderated by NASA General Counsel Sumara Thompson-King, left, during the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington.

Activities at the National Governors Association Centennial Meeting iin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Interior Secretary--and former Idaho Governor--Dirk Kempthorne joined a host of current and former Governors and guests, among them former President Bill Clinton (Centennial Session Keynote Speaker), Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, and ABC News political commentator and author (Centennial Session Moderator) Cokie Roberts.

Deputy Secretary - Department of Labor Village Exhibit at Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall speaks during the opening reception of the USA Partnership Pavilion during the Farnborough International Airshow, England, July 18, 2022. Kendall attended the airshow to meet with air and space defense officials from other nations and demonstrate the Department of the Air Forces commitment to its allies and partners.

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

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In NASA Kennedy Space Centers training auditorium, Center Director Jim Kennedy talks to employees about the NASA budget and its impact on the Center. The all-hands meeting followed a press conference held by NASA Administrator Mike Griffin on the agencys budget.

National Press Club Performance Track , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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