Government Officials Press Events

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Event honoring National Park Service (NPS) Randy Jones Leadership Fellows, with NPS Director Fran Mainella, Secretary's Chief of Staff Brian Waidmann, other senior Interior officials on hand at Main Interior

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.

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

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

Press conference on the federal response to the threat of the avian influenza pandemic, with remarks by Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns

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

U.S. Charge dAffairs Robert Blau introduces U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the photo exhibition entitled “The United States and El Salvador, An Enduring Relationship" in San Salvador, El Salvador June 1, 2009.

Rep. Dennis Cardoza D-CA begins a press conference to announce the new Blue Dog Democrats on Capitol Hill on November 15, 2006.

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

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Farm Bureau President , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Secretary of the Interior Historic Preservation Awards ceremony at Main Interior, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, and National Park Service Director Mary Bomar leading the proceedings

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan delivers remarks and officiates the swearing-in ceremony for Ambassador Daniel B. Smith as Director of the Foreign Service Institute, at the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center, in Arlington, Virginia, on October 26, 2018.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AND TREASURY SECRETARY PAUL O'NEIL DISCUSS THE ECONOMY

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

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Resources for the Future (RFF) Policy Leadership Forum , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in Los Angeles, California, joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, and PacifiCorps Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Greg Abel at signing ceremony for the Klamath Basin Hydropower Agreement in Principle, under which the Department of the Interior, the states of California and Oregon, and PacifiCorp established a framework for addressing the potential removal of four Klamath Basin hydropower facilities in parallel with proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Act provisions for reliable water supply, low-cost power, and protection of species listed under the Endangered Species Act

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

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

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

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

Office of the Secretary - President of the United States (POTUS) George W Bush Visits Department of Labor (DOL)

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo co-hosts a naturalization ceremony with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 22, 2020.

Washington, DC, February 13, 2006 Deputy Director of the Department of Homeland Security, Michael Jackson, speaks at a FEMA all hands meeting to let FEMA employees know how DHS is going to streamline the disaster response and recovery process. To the right is R. David Paulison, the Acting Director of FEMA. .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Climate Leaders Partners , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Severe Storm Winter Storm - Hartford, Conn. , November 4, 2011 FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino (center) answers questions from reporters during a news conference at the Connecticut Emergency Operations Center. U. S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (left) and U. S. Rep. Chris Murphy (right) also took part in the press briefing. FEMA is assisting the state and its residents recover from the impact of Winter Storm Alfred. Connecticut Severe Storm. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Import Safety, Health and Human Services , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - INTERNET CAUCUS "A NATION ONLINE"

Meeting and press conference in Atlanta, Georgia concerning inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue and Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, Georgia Senators Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, 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

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

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

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

Economic Development Administration - COMPETITIVENESS IN RURAL US REGIONS

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE

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

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

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.

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

011082611 FEMA Press Conference on Hurricane Irene. 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 Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH SENATE LEADERSHIP PRESS CONFERENCE

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

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Resources for the Future (RFF) Policy Leadership Forum , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Guam, U.S. Territory

Meeting and press conference in Atlanta, Georgia concerning inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue and Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, Georgia Senators Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, 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

Coast Guard Personnel - Press Conference - 26-HK-83-33. 930 Press Conf--LA state official at podium2. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Secretary - TPA PRESS EVENT

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE: HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE

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

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

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

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.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH SENATE LEADERSHIP PRESS CONFERENCE

Hurricane Katrina, Jackson, Miss., October 18, 2005 -- FEMA Deputy FCO James N. Russo answers press questions at Governor Haley R. Barbour's weekly press conference, while MEMA Deputy SCO Mike Womack, Col. Don Taylor of the Miss. Dept Human Services, and Governor Barbour look on. The weekly joint press conferences are a direct source of information about state and federal progress in providing services to those impacted by Hurricane Katrina. George Armstrong/FEMA

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

Washington, D. C. , October 5, 2009 FEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugate at the Podium at the National Press Club speaking with Mark K. Shriver on the needs of children during a disaster. .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 5, 2021. During the briefing, Spokesperson Price was joined by Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Timothy Alan Betts and Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Stanley Brown to talk about the release of the annual To Walk the Earth in Safety (TWEIS) report.

Federal Trade Commission - Onguard Online Kick-off

Office of Air and Radiation - Methane Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Asheville, North Carolina, for event at Blue Ridge Parkway Destination Center construction site with North Carolina Congressman Charles Taylor and Blue Ridge Parkway Superintendent Phil Francis

Press conference on the federal response to the threat of the avian influenza pandemic, with remarks by Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE SENATE ENERGY BILL

Tallahassee, FL, September 29, 2022 - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis giving a briefing on Hurricane Ian updates. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

Technology Administration - ADA EVEN (AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.

Joint appearance by Interior Secretary Gale Norton, right, and Labor Secretary Elaine Chao at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C., to tout energy production, energy security, job creation benefits of proposal before Congress to open area of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development

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

Press briefing, concerning the President's International Initiative to Combat Kleptocracy, featuring remarks by Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich, and Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Pat O'Brien, among other officials.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Libby Press Conference , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH SENATE LEADERSHIP PRESS CONFERENCE

Interior Secretary Gale Norton, center, and Environmental Protection Agency head Stephen Johnson, to Norton's right, talking to reporters in exhibit area at the Energy Leadership Forum in Robinsonville, Mississippi. Forum addressed hurricane response and the strengthening of America's energy infrastructure

Emergency Planning and Security - Oakland, Calif. , Feb. 15, 2012 FEMA Region IX Administrator Nancy Ward welcomes FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate to the Region IX office in Oakland to discuss the Disaster Workforce Transformation. Employees attended by video-teleconference, in person and by conference call... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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.

Federal Trade Commission - Onguard Online Kick-off

Press conference on the federal response to the threat of the avian influenza pandemic, with remarks by Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns

Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, P. Lynn Scarlett, and 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

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE: HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE

Office of Personnel Management Director Kay Coles James speaking at Department of Interior South Building ceremony marking adoption by Interior employees of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division and the 10th Mountain Division as wartime focal points for volunteer activities on behalf of military families. James' employees had made similar adoption of USS Theodore Roosevelt crew

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

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding, Mamaroneck, NY, April 23, 2007 U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator R. David Paulison (at microphones), Regional Administrator Stephen Kempf Jr. (background right), US Senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) (at Paulison's right), Representative Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) (at Paulison's left) and local leaders at a press conference after New York flooding. .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Mayor Doherty at. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mike Landers, a longtime employee at the Armys Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) who served as dean of students, speaks to students and their guests during the PEO STRI Acquisition Academy Apprentice Program (A3P) graduation ceremony, April 3. A3P is an 11-week program consisting of more than 400 hours of classroom instruction, as well as familiarization trips to military installations. Students in the spring 2023 class had various experience levels ranging from current PEO STRI employees to new government hires. Career fields represented included logistics management specialists, operations researchers, management analysts, budget analysts, financial specialists, computer scientists, electrical engineers, and computer engineers. Following graduation, students will begin a three-year rotational internship program with project managers and project leads across PEO STRI.

Press conference on the federal response to the threat of the avian influenza pandemic, with remarks by Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns

Ceremony marking the official release of the Idaho quarter --part of the U.S. Mint's 50 State Quarters Program--at the Boise Depot, Boise, Idaho, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Jr., U.S. Mint Director Ed Moy, Idaho State Treasurer Ron Crane, Peregrine Fund President J. Peter Jenny, Idaho KTVB-TV newscaster Larry Gebert, and singer-poet Rudy Gonzales among the participants

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, where he joined Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Idaho Lieutenant Governor Jim Risch, and other officials for meetings, tours of the facility and surrounding area, and press conference on fire season preparations

Emergency Planning and Security - Washington, D. C. , November 8, 2011 Administrator Craig Fugate speaks to FEMA employees about the importance of participating in the Combined Federal Campaign. Each year, the CFC raises millions of dollars to donate to charities and philanthropic organizations across the U. S.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Treme Community Center Groundbreaking. Louisiana Hurricane Katrina. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Governor Kevin Stitt speaks during AERO Oklahoma at the State Capitol building in Oklahoma City, March 30, 2022. The purpose of the day was to recognize the states aviation, aerospace, and defense industry as a vital economic engine for the state and provided a unique opportunity for industry officials to come together and meet with state legislators and other elected officials to show them firsthand how the industry continues to solidify Oklahoma as a worldwide leader in aviation, aerospace, and aerospace and defense. (Oklahoma Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Imwalle)

Emergency Planning and Security - Washington, D. C. , November 8, 2011 FEMA Deputy Administrator Rich Serino speaks with FEMA employees about the importance of the Combined Federal Campaign. Each year, the CFC raises millions of dollars to donate to charities and philanthropic organizations across the U. S.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Highlights from ceremony marking the official release of the Idaho quarter --part of the U.S. Mint's 50 State Quarters Program--at the Boise Depot, Boise, Idaho, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Jr., U.S. Mint Director Ed Moy, Idaho State Treasurer Ron Crane, Peregrine Fund President J. Peter Jenny, Idaho KTVB-TV newscaster Larry Gebert, and singer-poet Rudy Gonzales among the participants

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Monroe, Michigan, where he joined Michigan Congressman John Dingell, Michigan Lieutenant Governor John Cherry, Jr., Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, and other officials for press conference and signing ceremony at Monroe County Community College marking the inclusion of the Plum Creek Bay into the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge

Press briefing, concerning the President's International Initiative to Combat Kleptocracy, featuring remarks by Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich, and Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Pat O'Brien, among other officials.

Oregon Congressman Greg Walden speaking at press conference, concerning an aerial survey of Mount St. Helens and the status of the rumbling volcano that is the subject of an official volcano advisory, at the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Robert Salonen, business development director with the Economic Development Commission of Florida's Space Coast, speaks during an Open House event at Hangar N at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, to celebrate the one-year anniversary of PaR Systems' partnership with Kennedy Space Center. Under a 15-year lease agreement, PaR Systems is utilizing Hangar N and its unique nondestructive testing equipment. The partnership agreement was established by Kennedy's Center Planning and Development Directorate. The agreement is just one example of the types of partnerships that Kennedy is seeking to create a multi-user spaceport.

Bureau of Industry and Security - Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Update 2005 Conference

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