Government Confirmation Hearings

Images from various confirmation hearings and meetings featuring individuals in formal settings, emphasizing discussion and decision-making.

Bureau of Economic Analysis - Advisory Committee Meeting

Office of the Deputy Secretary - TED KASSINGER CONFIRMATION HEARING

100 Years of Conservation meeting at Main Interior, with Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and other government and nonprofit organization officials, along with the great, great grandson of former President Theodore Roosevelt, Simon Roosevelt

Office of the Deputy Secretary - Confirmation Hearing Dr. David Sampson

Office of the Deputy Secretary - TED KASSINGER CONFIRMATION HEARING

International Trade Administration - PEC MEETING

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Energy and Commerce Committee with Secretary Gutierrez

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Energy and Commerce Committee with Secretary Gutierrez

International Trade Administration - PEC BREAKFAST MEETING

International Trade Administration - PEC BREAKFAST MEETING

Bureau of Economic Analysis - Advisory Committee Meeting

Office of the Secretary - Confirmation Hearing Secretary Designate Carlos Gutierrez

Bureau of Industry and Security - United States and China Review Commission Peter Lichtenbaum Testimony

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Energy and Commerce Committee with Secretary Gutierrez

International Trade Administration - PEC MEETING

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Chris Israel Testifies House Judicial Subcommittee On Courts

U.S. Representative John Culberson, R-Texas, chairs a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2018 budget request for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Thursday, June 8, 2017 at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot provided testimony at the hearing.

Economic Development Administration - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) Symposium

Office of the Secretary - Press Conference Cameron Finley

Office of the Secretary - PEC RECEPTION

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Energy and Commerce Committee with Secretary Gutierrez

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Bureau of Land Management's (BLM's) Law Enforcement and Security Office Director William Woody meeting at Main Interior with BLM state law enforcement officials

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Bureau of Land Management's (BLM's) Law Enforcement and Security Office Director William Woody meeting at Main Interior with BLM state law enforcement officials

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

Historian Douglas Brinkley addresses the Open Forum at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 28, 2014.

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary Sampson Hearing

Alberto R. Gonzales Senate Confirmation Hearing

100 Years of Conservation meeting at Main Interior, with Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and other government and nonprofit organization officials, along with the great, great grandson of former President Theodore Roosevelt, Simon Roosevelt

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, joined by Office of Budget Director Pamela Haze and Associate Deputy Secretary James Cason, on Capitol Hill for testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, concerning the 2009 President's budget request for Interior

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Senate Hearing - Science Transparency , Environmental Protection Agency

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - SPECTRUM EFFICIENCY ROUND TABLE

Office of the Administrator - North Dakota - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting the Dakota Gasification Company and Bismarck State College National Energy Center of Excellence , Environmental Protection Agency

Capt. Frederick Hauck, USN (Ret.) talks during the NASA Advisory Council meeting held at the Rayburn House Office Building, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005, in Washington.

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

International Trade Administration - PEC MEETING

International Trade Administration - PEC MEETING

National Space Council Executive Secretary Scott Pace speaks at the first meeting of the National Space Council Users' Advisory Group, Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The Users' Advisory Group will advise and inform the National Space Council on a broad range of aerospace topics, including the impacts of U.S. and international laws and regulations, national security space priorities, scientific and human space exploration priorities, and ways to bolster support.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - House Appropriations Hearing

International Trade Administration - President's Export Council Breakfast and Meeting

NASA Administrator Dr. Michael Griffin smiles during his appearance in front of the Senate Commerce Committee Science and Space Subcommittee hearing on Human Space Flight: The Space Shuttle and Beyond, Wednesday, May 18, 2005, in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington.

NASA Space Station Program Office Manager Michael T. Suffredini, talks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz rocket launch of Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA, and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos on a six month mission aboard the International Space Station, Monday, March 24, 2014 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

Office of the Administrator - Italian Minister of Environment Corrado Clini , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, joined by Office of Budget Director Pamela Haze and Associate Deputy Secretary James Cason, on Capitol Hill for testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, concerning the 2009 President's budget request for Interior

FEMA Administrator Paulison at House Hearing.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS HOUSE APPROPRIATION HEARING

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - House Hearing , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, joined by Office of Budget Director Pamela Haze and Associate Deputy Secretary James Cason, on Capitol Hill for testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, concerning the 2009 President's budget request for Interior

Office of the Secretary - PEC RECEPTION

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the Department of the Air Forces fiscal year 2023 budget request, Washington, D.C., May 3, 2022.

Bureau of Industry and Security - Senate Banking Committee Hearing for Chris Padilla Conference Hearing

International Trade Administration - PEC MEETING

Office of Internal Affairs - Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), Sixteenth Regular Session of the CEC Council, Meetings of the Joint Public Advisory Committee , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Public Affairs Division Meeting , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Western Governors Association , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - Confirmation Hearing for Israel Hernandez and William Jeffrey

Office of the Secretary - PEC RECEPTION

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

Office of the Deputy Secretary - TED KASSINGER CONFIRMATION HEARING

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

Office of the Inspector General - Post Katrina Relief and Recovery Hearing

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed recently met with Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden and also took a quick tour of the Osmotic Lab and hyperwall-2 at Ames.

Office of the Secretary - Press Conference Cameron Finley

Dr. Juan J. Alonso, right, talks during the NASA Advisory Council meeting held at the Rayburn House Office Building, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005, in Washington.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TESTIFIES SENATE JUSTICE/STATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo. is seen on a monitor as acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot, foreground answers his questions during a House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Space, hearing overview of the NASA Budget for Fiscal Year 2019, Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington.

Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Washington, D. C. , June 1, 2012 Rich Serino, FEMA Deputy Administrator, participates in a videoteleconference with state governors marking the start of the 2012 hurricane season. .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator - Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Hearing , Environmental Protection Agency

Businessman sitting in an office

International Trade Administration - President's Export Council Breakfast and Meeting

Office of the Deputy Administrator - Presidential Rank Awards , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE HEARING RE: MANUFACTURING

Proceedings of the 26th Annual Border Governors Conference in Hollywood, California, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Governors from the four U.S. states bordering Mexico--California Governor, and Border Governors Association Chairman, Arnold Schwarzenegger; Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano; New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson; and Texas Governor Rick Perry--along with the respective Governors of the Mexican states of Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, and Tamaulipas, as well as other U.S. Cabinet Secretaries and their Mexican counterparts for discussion of bi-national economic, resource, and security issues

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

International Trade Administration - PEC MEETING

Office of the Administrator - Committee on Environment and Public Works Hearing , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary Sampson Hearing

Office of the Administrator - Chartered Science Advisory Board Meeting , Environmental Protection Agency

Federal Trade Commission - Costa Rica Memorandum of Understanding Signing

Bureau of Industry and Security - David McCormick and Media Roundtable on India Trade Mission

Office of the Administrator - Western Governors , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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

Department Spokesperson Ned Price introduces U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking at the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 16, 2021.

Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Oversight, U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga, talks during a hearing titled "Operating Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the National Airspace System: Assessing Research and Development Efforts to Ensure Safety" on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - UNITED STATES CORAL REEF TASK FORCE MEETING (2/24/2004 TO 2/26/26)

International Trade Administration - David Spooner and David Bohegan Confirmation Hearing

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with World Health Organization Director General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, in Bern, Switzerland, on June 3, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at a special meeting of the Permanent Council, at the Organization of American States, in Washington, D.C., on January 24, 2019.

Office of the Secretary - CONFIRMATION HEARINGS FOR BEN WU AND BRETT PALMER

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin testifies at a hearing before the House Science Committee, Tuesday, June 28, 2005, Rayburn House Office building, Washington.

Bureau of Industry and Security - United States and China - Commission Hearing with Asst. Secretary Dr. Jackson

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH BANKING COMMITTEE

Office of the Secretary - Confirmation Hearing Secretary Designate Carlos Gutierrez

U.S. Representative José Serrano, D-New York, asks a question after acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot testified during a House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2018 budget request for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Thursday, June 8, 2017 at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Pamella J. Dana, Ph.D., director, Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development in Florida, takes part in the proposal for locating NASAs new Shared Services Center in the Central Florida Research Park, near Orlando. The presentation was given to NASA Administrator Sean OKeefe and other officials. The center would centralize NASAs payroll, accounting, human resources, facilities and procurement offices that are now handled at each field center. The consolidation is part of the One NASA focus. Six sites around the U.S. are under consideration by NASA.

G. Scott Hubbard, Ames Director held a informal discussion and question-and-answer session with Bay Area news media on the space exploration vision announced President George W. Bush earlier in the day.

D. Kyle Sampson testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee about Alberto Gonzales's knowledge of attorney firings

Office of the Administrator - Western Governors Association , Environmental Protection Agency

Commercial Spaceflight Federation President, Eric Stallmer, testifies during a Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee hearing titled, A Review of NASA’s Plans for the International Space Station and Future Activities in Low Earth Orbit," Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson in St. Louis , Environmental Protection Agency

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