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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

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Bureau of Labor Statistics Prism Commissioner's Award Ceremony

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Mark Trail Reception

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

The American Academy of Diplomacy's 15th Annual Diplomatic Awards Luncheon in the Benjamin Franklin Room, featuring speech by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on the contributions of the late Joseph Sisco. Also delivering remarks were Academy officers and award presenters including former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union and France, Arthur Hartman; former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Samuel Lewis; and former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, Mark Palmer. Among those accepting writing awards were Washington Post diplomatic affairs correspondent Robin Wright; . 59 CF DS 15985 04_Am_Acd_Dipl_047.jpg

2006 Take Pride in America National Awards event at Main Interior, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among the senior officials on hand

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

Departure gathering, hosted by Secretary Gale Norton at Department of Interior headquarters, honoring outgoing Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Craig Manson

Christopher Burns, Navy Exchange Service Command senior vice president, presents Mercedes Cabello, Navy Exchange Lakehurst associate, the 2021 Bingham Award at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Oct. 18, 2022. NEX Lakehurst received the award in the sales over $1.4 to $2.2 million category. The award is presented to the best NEX in nine sales categories for overall financial results and customer service.

From left, Under Secretary of the Army Gabe Camarillo presents Amy Ulisse the 2021 Army Small Business Professional of the Year award as Director of the Army Office of Small Business Programs Kimberly Diane Buehler looks on during a ceremony April 27 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Ulisse is the assistant director of small business for the Mission and Installation Contracting Command Field Directorate Office at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Commissioner's Prism Awards 2000

A. Durand Jones, Deputy Director of the National Park Service, receiving senior executive service award, Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C.

House Majority Leader U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., left, holds up an award presented to him by Mark Riccobono, executive director of the Jernigan Institute of the National Federation of the Blind at a ceremony where senior NASA officials presented the NFB with two Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollars that flew on Space Shuttle Atlantis' mission (STS-125) to the Hubble Space Telescope in May 2009, Friday evening, July 31, 2009, at the Capitol Visitors Center in Washington.

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

Minority Business Development Agency - MBDA ANNUAL CONFERENCE SAN DIEGO, CA

John Grunsfeld (far left), Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, Dr. Francisco Javier Mendieta Jimenez, Director General of the Mexican Space Agency, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Leland Melvin, NASA Associate Administrator for Education and Al Condes (far right), Deputy Associate Administrator for International and Interagency Relations pose for a photo, Monday, March 18, 2013 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. A Reimbursable Space Act Agreement (RSAA) for a NASA International Internship Program was signed between the two agencies. This is the first NASA-Mexico agreement signed.

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

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Urban League , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Commissioner's Prism Awards 2000

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Mark Trail Reception

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.

Walter Cruickshank, Minerals Management Service, receiving senior executive service award, Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C.

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Bureau of Labor Statistics International Labor Statistics Center Completion Ceremony for Seminar on Economic Indicators

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Bureau of Labor Statistics Caribbean Group Completion Ceremony

Economic Development Administration - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) NATIONAL CONFERENCE

2006 Take Pride in America National Awards event at Main Interior, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among the senior officials on hand

Christopher Burns, Navy Exchange Service Command senior vice president, presents Lauren Blair, Navy Exchange Lakehurst associate, the 2021 Bingham Award at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Oct. 18, 2022. NEX Lakehurst received the award in the sales over $1.4 to $2.2 million category. The award is presented to the best NEX in nine sales categories for overall financial results and customer service.

Smartway , Environmental Protection Agency

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 Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with National Urban League Hugh Price

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Bureau of Labor Statistics Prism Commissioner's Award Ceremony

Retirement luncheon for Vivien Woofter, long time Director of the Interior and Furnishings Division of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), at Washington, D.C.'s Willard Intercontinental Hotel. Event featured speeches, and an award presentation by the OBO Director, Major General Charles Williams

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.

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Commissioner's Prism Awards 2000

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Presidents Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) Lunch , Environmental Protection Agency

Smartway , Environmental Protection Agency

Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.

2006 Take Pride in America National Awards event at Main Interior, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among the senior officials on hand

Employment Standards Administration - Employment Standards Administration Length of Service Awards Ceremony

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Mark Trail Awards

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

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Various PTO Events for DOC Photo Gallery Web Posting

Minority Business Development Agency - Group Photo from Gold Medal Awards

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Bureau of Labor Statistics Prism Commissioner's Award Ceremony

Office of Administration - GRANT PRESENTATION

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS, SECRETARY JOHN SNOW AND SECRETARY ELAINE CHAO AT WEST COAST JOBS GROWTH TOUR

Signing ceremony, at National Geographic Society (NGS) headquarters in Washington, D.C., for Memorandum of Understanding promoting environment-sustaining and enhancing "geotourism" through an NGS partnership with the Department of the Interior, Department of Agriculture, and constituent agencies including Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Forest Service. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, NGS President and Chief Executive Officer John Fahey, and senior Interior and Agriculture officials at the ceremony and reception.

Employment and Training Administration - Hammer Awards with Ted Mastroianni

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA / SEAGRANT FELLOWS BRIEFING

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Mark Trail Reception

Office of the Administrator - National Capital Forum on Hispanic Higher Education , Environmental Protection Agency

Economic Development Administration - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) EXCELLENCE AWARDS CEREMONY

Minority Business Development Agency - MEDWEEK 2003

Event, with Secretary Gale Norton presiding, marking first day of release for sale to the public of the 2005-2006 Federal Duck Stamp, bearing image designed by Federal Duck Stamp Contest winner, Mark Anderson of South Dakota. Secretary Norton, left, joins the Postmaster of Washington, D.C., Delores Killette, at ceremony

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - National Award for Smart Growth Achievement , Environmental Protection Agency

National Institute of Standards and Technology - BALDRIGE AWARD CEREMONY

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Mark Trail Awards

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Bureau of Labor Statistics Prism Commissioner's Award Ceremony

Event marking Department of the Interior's 159th anniversary, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne presiding

Veterans' Employment and Training Service - Assistant Secretary Veterans Employment Meet and Greet

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Federal Electronics Challenge 2009 Award Ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at Sheraton Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana event marking the 50th anniversary of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act for energy resources development. Norton opened the reading of bids at Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 187, involving 21.7 million acres holding oil and natural gas resources off the shores of Texas and Louisiana

Minority Business Development Agency - MEDWEEK 2003

Federal Duck Stamp first day sale program at the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, with Secretary Gale Norton, South Dakota Senators Tim Johnson and John Thune, Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln, South Dakota Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth, Fish and Wildlife Service Acting Director Matt Hogan, and Washington, D.C. Postmaster Delores Killette joined by 2004 Duck Stamp Contest winning artist Mark Anderson and 2005 Junior Duck Stamp Contest winning artist Kerissa Nelson, among other attendees

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