Memorandum Signing Ceremonies

Events capturing formal signing of agreements with groups of officials, highlighting collaborative efforts in environmental and administrative projects.

Signing event, at the National Geographic Society (NGS) headquarters in Washington, D.C., for Memorandum of Understanding promoting geotourism--tourism that helps sustain or enchance the environmental, cultural, aesthetic, historical character and well-being of a place and its residents--as a collaborative approach among government agencies and private partners. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined NGS President and Chief Executive Officer John Fahey, Jr., NGS Executive Vice President Terry Garcia, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment Mark Rey, Bureau of Indian Affairs Director Jerold Gidner, Bureau of Land Management Deputy Director Henri Bisson, Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Kenneth Stansell, and Forest Service Associate Chief Sally Collins, among other dignitaries, at the gathering.

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.

Signing event, at the National Geographic Society (NGS) headquarters in Washington, D.C., for Memorandum of Understanding promoting geotourism--tourism that helps sustain or enchance the environmental, cultural, aesthetic, historical character and well-being of a place and its residents--as a collaborative approach among government agencies and private partners. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined NGS President and Chief Executive Officer John Fahey, Jr., NGS Executive Vice President Terry Garcia, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment Mark Rey, Bureau of Indian Affairs Director Jerold Gidner, Bureau of Land Management Deputy Director Henri Bisson, Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Kenneth Stansell, and Forest Service Associate Chief Sally Collins, among other dignitaries, at the gathering.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Collective Bargaining Agreement Union

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Collective Bargaining Agreement Union

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Great Lakes Mayors , Environmental Protection Agency

Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Occupational Safety and Health Administration Signing

Assistant Attorney General for Environmental and Natural Resources, Thomas Sansonetti, Secretary Gale Norton, and President of the Quinault Indians, Pearl Capoeman-Baller, left to right, at signing event for agreement protecting forest habitat of marbled murrelet and other species in Washington state

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.

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.

Mike Leavitt with unknown others , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Collective Bargaining Agreement Union

National Park Service Director, Fran Mainella, adding her signature at Department of Interior headquarters signing ceremony for 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

Signing event, at the National Geographic Society (NGS) headquarters in Washington, D.C., for Memorandum of Understanding promoting geotourism--tourism that helps sustain or enchance the environmental, cultural, aesthetic, historical character and well-being of a place and its residents--as a collaborative approach among government agencies and private partners. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined NGS President and Chief Executive Officer John Fahey, Jr., NGS Executive Vice President Terry Garcia, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment Mark Rey, Bureau of Indian Affairs Director Jerold Gidner, Bureau of Land Management Deputy Director Henri Bisson, Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Kenneth Stansell, and Forest Service Associate Chief Sally Collins, among other dignitaries, at the gathering.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides meeting at Main Interior with Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson for discussion of Everglades restoration issues

Signing event, at the National Geographic Society (NGS) headquarters in Washington, D.C., for Memorandum of Understanding promoting geotourism--tourism that helps sustain or enchance the environmental, cultural, aesthetic, historical character and well-being of a place and its residents--as a collaborative approach among government agencies and private partners. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined NGS President and Chief Executive Officer John Fahey, Jr., NGS Executive Vice President Terry Garcia, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment Mark Rey, Bureau of Indian Affairs Director Jerold Gidner, Bureau of Land Management Deputy Director Henri Bisson, Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Kenneth Stansell, and Forest Service Associate Chief Sally Collins, among other dignitaries, at the gathering.

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Collective Bargaining Agreement Union

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) Events , Environmental Protection Agency

Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Occupational Safety and Health Administration Signing

Secretary Gale Norton renewing Federal Grant and Agreement of Right-of-Way for Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, with aide Drue Pearce, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski, Joint Pipeline Office's Jerry Brossia, Bureau of Land Management head Kathleen Clarke, left to right

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

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Collective Bargaining Agreement Union

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne with aides and Klamath working group representatives at event marking the release of 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

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

Swearing in ceremony, in Treaty Room, for Peter Chaveas, U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, with Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage presiding

Office of the Secretary - SIGNING E. COMMERCE AGREEMENT SINGAPORE PM

Office of the Deputy Administrator - EPA and European Union (EU) Energy Star Labeling Program , Environmental Protection Agency

Clear Cards; Tom Gibson; Chief of Staff; Christine Todd Whitman , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel B. Shapiro signs Israeli President Shimon Peres' guest book after presenting his credentials at the President's residence in Jerusalem on August 3, 2011.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service (NPS) Director Mary Bomar, and other senior officials engaged in NPS conference call, Main Interior

Office of the Secretary - PHOTOS WITH SECRETARY DONALD EVANS FROM JAPAN

Secretary Gale Norton, right, greeting Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Edward Damich, at Department of Interior headquarters signing event for federal-tribal agreement protecting forest habitat of the marbled murrelet and other species on Quinault Indian Reservation land in Washington state

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Environmental Initiatives reception recognizing African-American appointees in the Obama Administration , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS GUADALAJARA MEXICO

Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Signing Ceremony

Utah Governor Mike Leavitt, left, and Secretary Gale Norton signing memorandum of understanding, at Department of Interior headquarters, on use of 1866 law recognizing rights of way for potential road development on Bureau of Land Management lands

Office of the Secretary - PHOTOS OF SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AND PUTIN FROM MOSCOW, RUSSIA

Swearing in ceremony for Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation, John Wolf

National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, right, and National Park Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer, Vin Cipolla, at National Park Service-National Park Foundation agreement signing ceremony, Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C.

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

National Press Club Performance Track , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - U.S. - China Strategic Economic Dialogue Signing , Environmental Protection Agency

National Press Club Performance Track , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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

Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Signing Ceremony

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Contract 1 , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Signing ceremony, at Main Interior, for the annual funding agreement covering operation of the National Bison Range Complex, located in Moiese, Montana, within the boundaries of the Flathead Reservation. Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett joined Montana Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs George Skibine, and the Chairman of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, James Steele, among the dignitaries on hand.

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

Signing event marking official designation of Bureau of Land Management Public Lands as the National System of Public Lands, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Bureau of Land Management Director James Caswell leading the proceedings at Main Interior

Office of the Administrator - Coal Ash Rule Signing , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Mike Leavitt swearing-in ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

National Press Club Performance Track , Environmental Protection Agency

National Press Club Performance Track , Environmental Protection Agency

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.

Nathan A. Sales prepares to sign his appointment papers to become Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on September 29, 2017.

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides, including Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., to Ottawa, Canada for bilateral talks with Canada's Minister of the Environment, John Baird, concerning the status of the polar bear and other cross-border issues

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

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

Office of the Deputy Secretary - DEPUTY SECRETARY SAMUEL BODMAN SIGNING CEREMONY WITH VIRGINIA APPLE GROWERS

Office of the Administrator - Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rule Signing - Administrator Gina McCarthy signing the rule governing carbon dioxide emissions , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Mexican Cement Signing

Secretary Gale Norton speaking, and Tennessee Senator Bill Frist, 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 as National Historic Landmark

Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Hispanic Contractors of America Alliance Signing Ceremony

Utah Governor Mike Leavitt, left, and Secretary Gale Norton signing memorandum of understanding, at Department of Interior headquarters, on use of 1866 law recognizing rights of way for potential road development on Bureau of Land Management lands

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention - E3 Memoradum of Understanding (MOU) Signing Ceremony and Presentation of EPA Silver Awards , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Chief Financial Officer - Lyons Gray Oath Ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Final Rulemaking to Establish Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - PHOTOS WITH SECRETARY DONALD EVANS FROM JAPAN

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Central America Free Trade Agreement Trade Mission to El Salvador (USTDA Ceremony, Reception, FCS Photos, Delegation Debrief, Young Enterp.)

Swearing-in ceremony for Brent Wahlquist as Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne greeting guests and conducting proceedings at Main Interior

Office of the Secretary - PHOTOS OF SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AND PUTIN FROM MOSCOW, RUSSIA

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Mexican Cement Signing

Office of Human Resources Management - Swearing-In David McCormick

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signs the book of condolences at the Red Room of the Chambers of the Bureau of the Royal Household at the Grand Palace to pay tribute to His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 8, 2017.

Swearing in ceremony, in Treaty Room, for Peter Chaveas, U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, with Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage presiding

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

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Collective Bargaining Agreement Union

Swearing-in ceremony for Brent Wahlquist as Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne greeting guests and conducting proceedings at Main Interior

Secretary Dirk Kampthorne and aides meeting at Main Interior with delegation led by Mexico's Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Jose Luis Luege. Among Interior officials joining the Secretary were Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Mark Limbaugh, Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Matt Hogan, along with Chris Kearney, Kathryn Washburn, and Karen Senhadji.

Office of the Administrator - Gina McCarthy Swearing In , Environmental Protection Agency

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.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Environmental Justice Work Group (EJWG) , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Collective Bargaining Agreement Union

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

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

Secretary Gale Norton, second from left, with Director of National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, Bob Hollingsworth, far left, after adding Interior sign-off on cross-departmental Statement of Support for the National Guard and Reserve, pledging cooperation in granting leaves of absence and ensuring career support for employees wishing to serve in Guard and Reserve

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

Office of the Deputy Administrator - Chesapeake Bay Commission , Environmental Protection Agency

Emmy Simmons, U.S. Agency for International Development's Assistant Administrator for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade, and other officials at State signing ceremony for U.S. Italy bilateral agreement on climate change related science and technology

Mike Leavitt and unknown speakers , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Coal Ash Rule Signing , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Collective Bargaining Agreement Union

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Contracts , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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