Government Hearings and Meetings

Scenes from various government meetings and hearings, showcasing formal discussions with an emphasis on policy and administration. Professional attire and serious expressions dominate.

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

International Trade Administration - David Spooner and David Bohegan Confirmation Hearing

Office of the Administrator - Open House , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of the Secretary - PEC RECEPTION

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

Western Governors' Association meeting and reception at Main Interior, hosted by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne

Meeting of the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, hosted by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at Main Interior

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

Office of the Deputy Administrator - European Commissioner for Energy Andris Piebalgs Delegation , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Glenn Cannon on Capitol Hill.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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 Internal Affairs - Confirmation Hearing , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - 40th Anniversary Speaker Series , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TESTIFIES BEFORE SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE

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

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with Interior Office of Ethics staff

International Trade Administration - PEC MEETING

International Trade Administration - PEC MEETING

Participating in Energy Awareness Month Activities , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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.

Bureau of Industry and Security - CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR COMMERCE NOMINEES JULIE MEYERS AND PETER LICHTENBAUM

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Senate Commerce Committee Hearing -John Kneuer

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

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

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

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

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Stephen Owens and Peter Silva Confirmation Hearings , Environmental Protection Agency

First official day at the Department of the Interior: Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring Main Interior and National Mall, meeting officials, staff, visitors

Office of the Deputy Secretary - HOUSE SCIENCE COMMITTEE RE: NOAA ORGANIC ACT

060315-N-2383B-026. State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Office of Water - Water Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) , Environmental Protection Agency

International Trade Administration - PEC MEETING

Commerce Department's Science & Technology Budget Promotes Econo

Office of Water - Confirmation Hearings for Stephen Owens and Peter Silva , Environmental Protection Agency

International Trade Administration - Interagency Working Group on Manufacturing

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

Office of the Secretary - Press Conference Cameron Finley

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE DOC'S NEW STANDARD INITIATIVES

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

Federal Trade Commission - EXIT PHOTO BUREAU DIRECTOR AND CHAIRMAN

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

From left to right, NASA Associate Administrator, Human Exploration and Operations, Bill Gerstenmaier; NASA Inspector General, Paul Martin; Commercial Spaceflight Federation President, Eric Stallmer; and University of Mississippi Professor Emerita and Editor in Chief of the Journal of Space Law, Joanne Gabrynowicz react to a comment by Congressman Pete Olson (R-TX) 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) - White House Visit. Report to the President: Task Force on Boutique Fuels , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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 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 Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary Sampson Hearing

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

Bureau of Industry and Security - Acting Under Secretary Peter Lichtenbaum Committee Hearing

Bureau of Industry and Security - CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR COMMERCE NOMINEES JULIE MEYERS AND PETER LICHTENBAUM

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TESTIFIES BEFORE SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE

Bureau of Industry and Security - Confirmation Hearing for McCormick, Jackson, Ambassador Lavin and Israel Hernandez

NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden appears in front of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology to discuss the PresidentÄôs FY 2011 budget request, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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

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

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

Roundtable Discussion on Public-Private Collaboration in Disaster Recovery took lace on Aril 9, 2015. Roundtable Discussion on Public-Private Collaboration in Disaster Recovery took place on April 9, 2015. Photo by: Hilary Grabowska. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Bureau of Industry and Security - CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR COMMERCE NOMINEES JULIE MEYERS AND PETER LICHTENBAUM

Office of the Administrator - Waters of the United States Congressional Hearing , Environmental Protection Agency

Utah Governor Mike Leavitt, foreground second from left, and Secretary Gale Norton, foreground third from left, among officials on hand for historical background briefing, during 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

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

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, and Kevin O'Connell, Director of the Office of Space Commerce at the Department of Commerce are seen during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation titled "The New Space Race: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership on the Final Frontier," Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington.

Bureau of Industry and Security - CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR COMMERCE NOMINEES JULIE MEYERS AND PETER LICHTENBAUM

International Trade Administration - PEC MEETING

Office of the Administrator - Carbon Emission Standards , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton meeting at Department of Interior headquarters with senior officials, including, standing, the newly sworn-in Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Dave Anderson, member of Lac Courte Oreilles Lake Superior Band of Ojibwa in Wisconsin and founder of Famous Dave's of America restaurant chain

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - MIKE GALLAGHER HEARING

International Trade Administration - PEC MEETING

Office of Water - Confirmation Hearings for Stephen Owens and Peter Silva , Environmental Protection Agency

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

International Trade Administration - President Export Council with Secretary Carlos Gutierrez

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

Office of the Secretary - House Financial Services

International Trade Administration - Interagency Working Group on Manufacturing

Office of Water - Confirmation Hearings for Stephen Owens and Peter Silva , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of the Secretary - AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE

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

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - National Hispanic Environmental Council (NHEC) Conversation with Lisa P. Jackson , Environmental Protection Agency

Bureau of Industry and Security - Confirmation Hearing for McCormick, Jackson, Ambassador Lavin and Israel Hernandez

Captiol Hill Confirmation Hearings for Judith Ayres, Tracy Mehan, and Robert Fabricant , Environmental Protection Agency

Economic Development Administration - DR. DAVID SAMPSON TESTIFYING

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

International Trade Administration - Confirmation Hearing Ambassador Lavin Senate Finance Committee

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

Committee Chair Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., listens to former U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, President Bidens nominee to be the next administrator of NASA, as he appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, Russell Senate Office Building in Washington.

Office of the Deputy Administrator - Chemical , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar engage in a bilateral exchange at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 26, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)

Office of the Secretary - Jeff Nulf Hearing

Mongolian Prime Minister and NASA Deputy Administrator Meet. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy discuss space cooperation with Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai of Mongolia during a meeting, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington.

Western Governors' Association meeting and reception at Main Interior, hosted by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne

Chesapeake Bay - Cheseapake Executive Council Meeting , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez Trip to Moscow, Russia

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

Office of Business Liaison - NO INFORMATION GIVEN

Bureau of Industry and Security - CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR COMMERCE NOMINEES JULIE MEYERS AND PETER LICHTENBAUM

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

Meeting and press conference in Montgomery, Alabama concerning inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Alanama Governor Bob Riley, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, 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, among other officials

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