Government Events and Press Conferences

Images of officials speaking at various government events and press conferences, showcasing collaborations and discussions related to conservation and environmental issues.

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.

Office of the Administrator - Announcement of Clean Air Act Settlement with Hyundai and Kia , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at New York City Central Labor Council

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

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE

Office of the Secretary - MEXICAN MINISTER BERBEZ

Washington, DC, January 22, 2007 R. David Paulison talks about the reorganization of FEMA at the podium during an all hands meeting at FEMA headquarters. Mr. Paulison takes the new title of Adminstrator of FEMA. FEMA will consist (on March 31, 2007) of The United States Fire Administration (USFA), The Office of Grants and Training (G&T), The Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Division (CSEP), The Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program (REPP) and the Office of National Capital Region Coordination (NCRC) as mandated by the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Act. .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Adminstrator Fugate Answers Questions. Connecticut Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Boy Scouts of America delegation to Main Interior for meeting with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, and receipt from the Secretary of National Resource Conservation Awards

Idaho Senator Larry Craig at podium, with Secretary Gale Norton to his left and Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne to his right, during Boise, Idaho signing event for Department of Interior-Idaho memorandum of agreement transferring bulk of responsibility for managing gray wolves in central Idaho from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to state wildlife officials

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE

Secretary Gale Norton speaking, and Tennessee Senator Bill Frist, Sun Studio manager John Schorr behind, left to right, at Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. event designating Sun Records, Memphis Recording Service, pioneering rock music studio, as National Historic Landmark

Press conference, led by Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Interior Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Matt Hogan, and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, concerning Fish and Wildlife Service report showing net gain of 191,800 acres of American wetlands between 1998 and 2004, the first net gain in wetlands since 1954

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

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at Department of Interior headquarters signing ceremony for the Memorandum of Understanding establishing the Southeast Tourism Policy Council, a private-public partnership promoting tourism and the enhancement of the visitor experience on public lands

Office of the Secretary - MBDA'S MINORITY BUSINESS FINANCE SUMMIT

Tennessee Senator Bill Frist speaking, with Sun Studio manager John Schorr, Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander, Memphis city administrator Dottie Jones, Secretary Gale Norton, left to right, at Capitol Hill event designating Sun Records, Memphis Recording Service as National Historic Landmark

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 - INTERNET CAUCUS "A NATION ONLINE"

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

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

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

Bureau of Economic Analysis - MENTORING PROGRAM

FEMA Press Conference and with FEMA Administrator Fugate and DHS.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - NARTE AWARD

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

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with Washington, D.C. Councilman Vincent Gray and representatives of the Washington Nationals baseball franchise

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

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

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

Office of the Secretary - Spring Weather Outlook Press Conference

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

Town hall forum in South Dakota, with South Dakota Congressman John Thune, left, and Secretary Gale Norton discussing endangered species issues and other subjects with ranchers

Town hall forum in South Dakota, with South Dakota Congressman John Thune, left, and Secretary Gale Norton discussing endangered species issues and other subjects with ranchers

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

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Swearing-In David Bohigian

Ceremony at the Ted Weiss Federal Office Building in New York City, New York, marking the announcement of the designation of the African Burial Ground in lower Manhattan, considered the largest Colonial-era cemetery for enslaved and free Africans in America, as a National Monument

Office of the Secretary - WHITE HOUSE PHOTOS WITH SECRETARY DONALD EVANS

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Mount Rainier National Park in Washington, where he delivered the keynote address at the grand opening and dedication ceremony for the new Henry M. Jackson Memorial Visitor Center in the Paradise area of the Park. Secretary Kempthorne was joined at the event by dignitaries including: Washington Congressman Norman Dicks, chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Parks; National Park Service Pacific West Regional Director Jonathan Jarvis; Mount Rainier Superintendent Dave Uberuaga; Interior Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Kameran Onley; Nisqually tribal elder Zelma McCloud; and Peter Jackson of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation.

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

Technology Administration - 2002 NATIONAL MEDAL OF TECHNOLOGY LAUREATES RECEPTION

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

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and Jim Shea at Care Careers.Net Press Conference

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

Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne speaking at podium, with Secretary Gale Norton to his left, during Boise, Idaho signing event for Department of Interior-Idaho memorandum of agreement transferring bulk of responsibility for managing gray wolves in central Idaho from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to state wildlife officials

Office of the Secretary - MUTUAL RECOGNITION SIGNING CEREMONY WITH MEXICO AND CANADA

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

Office of the Secretary - BOEING SIGNING CEREMONY

Visit of Boy Scouts of America delegation to Main Interior for meeting with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, and receipt from the Secretary of National Resource Conservation Awards

Farewell gathering at Main Interior for outgoing Secretary Dirk Kempthorne

Participating in Energy Awareness Month Activities , Environmental Protection Agency

Press conference on the Interior budget, with remarks by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, and other senior officials

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

Secretary Gale Norton swearing in the members of the Flight 93 National Memorial Federal Advisory Commission, at ceremony held near the site of the Flight 93 crash, in vicinity of Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Memorial will replace temporary memorial honoring passengers and crew of the plane hijacked on September 11, 2001. Photo was used in Interior video on the Norton tenure

Office of the Secretary - FOREIGN PRESS BRIEFING

FEMA Deputy Administrator Johnson is sworn in at DHS Headquarter.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Mike Leavitt) - Mike Leavitt's Farewell , Environmental Protection Agency

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 - TPA PRESS EVENT

Secretary Gale Norton with the Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, John Nau III, right, at announcement in Washington, D.C. of the designation of 24 localities as Preserve America communities

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media in the Press Briefing Room, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 1, 2020.

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 General Council - Roger Martella Swearing in , Environmental Protection Agency

Minority Business Development Agency - MEDWEEK MEETING PRESS CONFERENCE WITH ASIAN AMERICAN BUSINESS

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National Park Service Director Fran Mainella speaking at ceremony, at the Ted Weiss Federal Office Building in New York City, New York, marking the announcement of the designation of the 17th-18th Century African Burial Ground in lower Manhattan as a National Monument

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao Attends Teen Press Conference Youth Rules

Office of the Secretary - Swearing-In John Sullivan

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he opened, and announced high bid totals for, the Minerals Management Service-sponsored federal sales of offshore oil and natural gas leases in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 224) and the Central Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 206). The sales, attracting a record-setting $3.7 billion in high bids, inaugurated a program of enhanced revenue sharing with oil and gas producing Gulf states, along with higher royalty rates.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to Los Angeles County, California, where he observed the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history ("The Great Southern California Shake Out"). The Secretary joined California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at a press conference, watched preparedness drills in schools, and discussed peparedness measures with students, educators, emergency operations personnel, and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) staff including USGS Director Mark Myers

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

Office of the Secretary - Swearing-In of John Sullivan

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

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

Senator, sculptor and Seminole tribal member, Kelly Heney, gives a speech at the Oklahoma state capital building located in Oklahoma City.

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

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

Signing ceremony, outside the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland, for Executive Order protecting and conserving the striped bass and red drum fish populations, with President George W. Bush joined by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Maryland Congressman Wayne Gilchrest, Coastal Conservation Association Chairman Walter Fondren, American Sportfishing Association President Mike Nussman, Stripers Forever President Brad Burns, Shimano America Corporation President Dave Pfeiffer, and other dignitaries

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

Cooperative Conservation public "listening session" at Jeff's Catering Banquet and Convention Center in Brewer, Maine, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Regional Director Marvin Moriarty and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration General Counsel James Walpole among the federal officials on hand

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

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary Sampson's Visit to Morocco

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH SECRETARY JOHN SNOW AT PRESS CONFERENCE

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH HISPANIC BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE

Portraits of members of Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Program Committee at Interior, coordinating agency purchasing of products and services from non-profit organizations employing blind and disabled workers

Office of the Secretary - BOEING SIGNING WITH CHINA

Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Washington, D. C. , August 27, 2011 NOAA National Hurricane Center(Miami) Director, Bill Read (via VTC) takes part in a national media press conference being conducted at FEMA Headquarters. Listening are (L-R) American Red Cross CEO, Gail McGovern; Salvation Army, Maj. George Hood; DHS Secretary, Janet Napolitano and FEMA Administrator, Craig Fugate. Puerto Rico Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Secretary - MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH BALTIMORE AQUARIUM

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

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE: HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE

Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. 18, 2012 Nancy Ward, FEMA Region IX Regional Administrator, addresses the media at The Great California ShakeOut.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Washington D.C., 5/23/2006 U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff (podium) addresses media questions following a hurricane preparedness briefing at FEMA headquarters. Behind him, seated (l-r): Acting FEMA Director David Paulison, Under Secretary for Preparedness George Foresman, Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul McHale, Admiral Timothy Keating and Lt. General Steven Blum. The event is one of several during Hurricane Awareness Week. Andrea Booher/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE: HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE

Minerals Management Service (MMS)-sponsored briefing, at Main Interior, on energy resource protection preparations for the 2007 hurricane season, with presentations by MMS Deputy Director Walter Cruickshank, Department of Energy's Director of Energy Assurance Alex de Alvarez, American Petroleum Institute President and Chief Executive Officer Red Cavaney, and Coast Guard Rear Admiral Wayne Justice, Assistant Commandant for Capability and Director of Response Policy at Coast Guard Headquarters

Office of the Administrator (Mike Leavitt) - Mike Leavitt's Farewell , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE: HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE

Masters of Ceremony JoAnn H. Morgan, director of External Relations and Business Development at KSC, and Dr. Pamella J. Dana, director of the Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development in Florida, introduce guests at a groundbreaking held outdoors on S.R. 3. The groundbreaking is for a roadway, to be known as Space Commerce Way, that will serve the public by providing a 24-hour access route through KSC from S.R. 3 to the NASA Causeway and KSC Visitor Complex. It is the start of a construction project that includes the Space Experiment Research and Processing Laboratory (SERPL). The project is enabled by a partnership and collaboration between NASA and the State of Florida to create a vital resource for international and commercial space customers. SERPL is considered a magnet facility, and will support the development and processing of life sciences experiments destined for the International Space Station and accommodate NASA, industry and academic researchers performing associa

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - PINNING CEREMONY ADMINISTATOR SAM DEBOW AND ADMINISTRATOR RICH BEHN

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