Graduation and Award Ceremonies

Images of individuals receiving awards and certificates at formal ceremonies, featuring a backdrop of flags and a professional setting, conveying achievements and recognition.

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Investigator's Graduation

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Investigator's Graduation

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Investigator's Graduation

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Secretary Elaine Chao's 2001 Honor Awards Ceremony

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Investigator's Graduation

Department's 2006 Awards Program in Benjamin Franklin Room, with Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns and Director General of the Foreign Service George Staples among the officials on hand

Administrator Mike Leavitt addresses American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials , Environmental Protection Agency

Employment Standards Administration - Exemplary Voluntary Efforts (EVE) and Exemplary Public Interest Contribution (EPIC) Equal Pay Matters Awards

Meeting of the National Park System Advisory Board, with National Park Service Director Fran Mainella and Wyoming Senator Craig Thomas among the officials on hand to discuss National Heritage Areas planning and other issues

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

National Council for International Visitors event, with Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Patricia de Stacy Harrison, honoring contributions of member organizations, in Adams Room

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at Science Advisory Board meeting , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Inspector General - Office of the Inspector General Awards Reception

Office of the Deputy Secretary - DEPUTY SECRETARY SAMUEL BODMAN AMERICAN INNOVATION RECOGNITION

National Park System Advisory Board meeting ("Charting a Future for National Heritage Areas"), with National Park Service Director Fran Mainella among the Interior officials participating

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

Awards ceremony for Bureau of Administration's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) staff, at OSDBU offices in Rosslyn, Virginia

Technology Administration - Commerce Science and Technology (ComSci) Graduation

Pamela Haze, Office of Budget, receiving senior executive service award, Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Interior-Agriculture Memorandum of Understanding signing event and related activities at Main Interior, with Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer leading the proceedings

Department of the Interior senior officials, among them Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Chief of Staff Brian Waidmann, and Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget R. Thomas Weimer, at briefing on release of Interior's Performance and Accountability Annual Report for 2005

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration - Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Advisory Council Swearing-In Ceremony

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) All-Employee Town Hall Meeting and Awards Ceremony at Washington, D.C.'s Mayflower Hotel, with BLM Director James Caswell presiding

Office of the Secretary - Ceremonial Signing 500,000 Design Patent with Daimler Chrysler

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration - Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Advisory Council Swearing-In Ceremony

Office of the Inspector General - Inspector General (IG) Awards

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Closing the Circle Awards , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao Presents Certificate to Nancy Kennedy at Senior Staff Meeting

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Investigator's Graduation

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Investigator's Graduation

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Investigator's Graduation

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration (ESA) Graduation Ceremony Frances Perkins Building FPB Auditorium

Reception and awards event at Main Interior honoring the work of the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Federal Advisory Committee, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the senior officials on hand

Washington, D.C., Dec. 13, 2012 Member of Disaster Assistance Improvement Program (DAIP) team accepts award from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, and FEMA Deputy Administrator Rich Serino.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) All-Employee Town Hall Meeting and Awards Ceremony at Washington, D.C.'s Mayflower Hotel, with BLM Director James Caswell presiding

International Trade Administration - World Standards Day Awards Announcement

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Honor Awards , Environmental Protection Agency

Award ceremonies on the Department of Interior headquarters building rooftop, with Secretary Gale Norton, far right, and USA Freedom Corps Director John Bridgeland, far left, honoring individuals, youth groups, schools, organizations, partnerships, businesses involved in volunteer conservation efforts under the Take Pride in America program

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration - Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Advisory Council Swearing-In Ceremony

International Trade Administration - World Standards Day Awards Announcement

Department's 2006 Awards Program in Benjamin Franklin Room, with Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns and Director General of the Foreign Service George Staples among the officials on hand

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

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao Presents Certificate to Nancy Kennedy at Senior Staff Meeting

Office of the Inspector General - Office of the Inspector General Awards Reception

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Closing the Circle Awards , Environmental Protection Agency

National Council for International Visitors event, with Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Patricia de Stacy Harrison, honoring contributions of member organizations, in Adams Room

Office of the Secretary - NMT Laureates Reception

International Trade Administration - US COMMERCIAL SERVICE STANDARD AWARENESS

Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs - Swearing-In of Chris Iverson

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Secretary Elaine Chao's 2001 Honor Awards Ceremony

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Secretary Elaine Chao's 2001 Honor Awards Ceremony

Ed Gormel (left) and Chris Fairey (center) accept the Hammer Award at a special presentation in the IMAX 2 Theater in the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Presenting the award is Morley Winograd (right), director of the National Partnership for Reinventing Government. The Hammer Award is Vice President Al Gore's special recognition of teams of federal employees who have made significant contributions in support of the principles of the National Partnership for Reinventing Government. This Hammer Award acknowledges the accomplishments of a joint NASA and Air Force team that established the Joint Base Operations and Support Contract (J-BOSC) Source Evaluation Board (SEB). Gormel and Fairey are co-chairs of the SEB. The team developed and implemented the acquisition strategy for establishing a single set of base operations and support service requirements for KSC, Cape Canaveral Air Station and Patrick Air Force Base

Migratory Bird Coonservation Commission meeting, hosted by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at Main Interior, with activities including presentation of certificates of appreciation to four members: Michigan Congressman John Dingell, Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran, Agriculture Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, and Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator Benjamin Grumbles

Employment Standards Administration - Exemplary Voluntary Efforts (EVE) and Exemplary Public Interest Contribution (EPIC) Equal Pay Matters Awards

Office of the Secretary - Ceremonial Signing 500,000 Design Patent with Daimler Chrysler

Office of Environmental Information - Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) Press Conference , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of the Chief Financial Officer - Chief Financial Officer Management Conference 2000

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration (ESA) 2001 Eve Award Ceremony Great Hall Francis Perkins Building

Colorado River Water Users Association meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Robert Johnson and other federal, state, local, and tribal officials in discussing developments related to the multi-state agreement on water use

Secretary Gale Norton with honorees at awards event, at Department of Interior headquarters, recognizing Interior staff contributions to response and recovery efforts after 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Mark Trail Reception

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - 2002 Support Staff Day Program and Awards Ceremony

Employment and Training Administration - Hammer Award for America's Career Kit Design Team

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration (ESA) 2001 Eve Award Ceremony Great Hall Francis Perkins Building

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Investigator's Graduation

Department's 2006 Awards Program in Benjamin Franklin Room, with Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns and Director General of the Foreign Service George Staples among the officials on hand

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Bureau of Labor Statistics Analyzing Labor Statistics Graduation Ceremony

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Hungarian Ambassador Andras Simonyi

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) All-Employee Town Hall Meeting and Awards Ceremony at Washington, D.C.'s Mayflower Hotel, with BLM Director James Caswell presiding

International Trade Administration - WORLDWIDE USFCS CONFERENCE

Secretary's Open Forum session in Loy Henderson Auditorium, featuring Dr. James Finckenauer, Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University and Director of the International Center of the Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice, and Janine Wedel, Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. Speakers were introduced, and presented awards, by Alan Lang of Open Forum staff.

Event at Main Interior honoring contributions to Interior's Fiscal Year 2008 Performance and Accountability Report, with presentations by Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Associate Deputy Secretary James Cason, Office of Budget Director Pamela Haze, Deputy Controller Danny Werfel, Office of Financial Management Director Daniel Fletcher, and Planning and Performance Management Director Richard Beck

National Council for International Visitors event, with Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Patricia de Stacy Harrison, honoring contributions of member organizations, in Adams Room

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

Christina Forrest, right, Solano Eye specialist, veteran, military spouse and voting rights activist, receives an award from Congressman John Garamendi, congressional representative of Californias 3rd District, during the 2022 Women of the Year Awards ceremony at Woodland, Calif., Oct. 13, 2022. Congressman John Garamendis 2022 Women of the Year awards were given to 58 outstanding women residing in Californias Third Congressional District.

Office of the Chief Financial Officer - Office of the Chief Financial Officer Retirement Celebration for Michael N. Griffin

Office of the Inspector General - Inspector General (IG) Awards

Secretary Gale Norton meeting with Wyoming operations staff of the Bureau of Land Management during the Secretary's visit to the Powder River Basin area of Wyoming

Take Pride in America National Awards ceremony at Main Interior, with presentations by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Take Pride in America Executive Director Katie Loovis, and other senior officials

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Secretary Elaine Chao's 2001 Honor Awards Ceremony

Office of the Chief Financial Officer - Office of the Chief Financial Office Honor Awards , Environmental Protection Agency

Minority Business Development Agency - MEDWEEK 2003

Reception and awards event on Capitol Hill, sponsored by the Cooperative Alliance for Refuge Enhancement (CARE) and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, FWS Director H. Dale Hall, and FWS Assistant Director for the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) Geoffrey Haskett among the Interior officials on hand. Honored for their work in support of the NWRS were Congressmen Mike Thompson of California, Michael Castle of Delaware, Norman Dicks of Washington, Ron Kind of Wisconsin, Jim Saxton of New Jersey, and Todd Tiahrt of Kansas. Event highlighted National Wildlife Refuge Week, and marked the 10th anniversary of the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997.

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

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Bud Gardner (left), with the Florida Space Research Institute, and U.S. Representative Tom Feeney (right) pose with John Winn, who received the 2003 Bumper award at the Congressional Dinner for outstanding contributions to Floridas space industry. The award was presented by the Florida Space Business Roundtable. The dinner kicked off the annual Space Congress, held April 28-May 1, 2003, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The theme for the event was “Linking the Past to the Future: A Celebration of Space” and commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Kennedy Space Center and the Centennial of Flight.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Mark Trail Reception

Secretary's Open Forum session in Loy Henderson Auditorium, featuring Dr. James Finckenauer, Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University and Director of the International Center of the Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice, and Janine Wedel, Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. Speakers were introduced, and presented awards, by Alan Lang of Open Forum staff.

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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Sea Grant (SG) Fellows Briefing 2005

Reception and awards event on Capitol Hill, sponsored by the Cooperative Alliance for Refuge Enhancement (CARE) and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, FWS Director H. Dale Hall, and FWS Assistant Director for the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) Geoffrey Haskett among the Interior officials on hand. Honored for their work in support of the NWRS were Congressmen Mike Thompson of California, Michael Castle of Delaware, Norman Dicks of Washington, Ron Kind of Wisconsin, Jim Saxton of New Jersey, and Todd Tiahrt of Kansas. Event highlighted National Wildlife Refuge Week, and marked the 10th anniversary of the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997.

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

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

Awards event at Department of Interior headquarters honoring Interior staff contributions to response and recovery operations after Gulf Coast Hurricanes

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Hydrogen 3 Meeting , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton in Phoenix, Arizona, meeting with Bureau of Land Management delegation, led by Director Kathleen Clarke and Deputy Director for Operations Larry Benna, for discussions and awards

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Secretary Elaine Chao's 2001 Honor Awards Ceremony

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Commissioner's Prism Awards 2000

Activities at the 2007 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest at BIG Arts in Sanibel, Florida, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall among the Interior officials on hand to announce the winning entry, a depiction of a pair of pintail ducks by wildlife artist Joe Hautman of Plymouth, Minnesota. Judges for the competition, selected by the Secretary, included wood sculptor and former major league baseball pitcher Jim Sprankle, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Executive Director and former Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Matt Hogan, Springfield, Missouri Arts Council President Jeanie Morris, Smithsonian National Postal Museum Chief Curator for Philately Cheryl Ganz, and wildlife writer-photographer and former Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Eugene Hester.

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Intern Graduation , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao Presents Senior Executive Service (SES) and Personal Assistance Service (PAS) Certificates

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