Official Engagements and Discussions

Photos of formal gatherings featuring discussions on various topics, emphasizing educational initiatives and diplomacy.

Technology Administration - NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE

Office of the Administrator - Inspired Teaching School , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Department officials, including Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Noriega, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Barbara Pope, and Department Hispanic Recruitment Coordinator Harvey Issa, speaking to group of Hispanic high school students from Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland participating in Department's inaugural Latino job shadowing day

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

Foreign Affairs Day 2006 ceremonies, speeches, award presentations. Events included ceremony at the American Foreign Service Association's (AFSA) Memorial Plaque, in the Harry S. Truman Building's C Street Lobby, honoring foreign service officers who died in the line of duty.

African American History Celebration, in Dean Acheson Auditorium, featuring performance by Morgan State University Choir, and remarks by guest speakers including: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Bernard LaFayette, Jr., 1960's civil rights leader, Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island; Dorothy Height, long time civil rights and women's rights activist, President Emeritus of the National Council of Negro Women; and Romeo Crennel, head coach of the National Football League's Cleveland Browns.

Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Heather Higginbottom welcomes new American citizens while presiding over a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 9, 2014.

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

Teach Africa Youth Forum and Exhibition, sponsored by the Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa and the World Affairs Council, in the Dean Acheson Auditorium. Event featured appearances by Department officials including Secretary Colin Powell, Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Patricia de Stacy Harrison, and Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Constance Berry Newman, and guests including Africa Society founder Leonard Robinson, Jr., former CNN news anchor Bernard Shaw, and local high school contestants and game show host Mac McGarry .

Department officials, including Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Noriega, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Barbara Pope, and Department Hispanic Recruitment Coordinator Harvey Issa, speaking to group of Hispanic high school students from Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland participating in Department's inaugural Latino job shadowing day

Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest event at Main Interior, with Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the Interior officials on hand

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Hollings Student Scholarship Presentations_Student Scholarship Poster Presentations

Senior Policy Advisor for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Sonni Efron speaks to a group of 83 students visiting the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 19, 2011.

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Marie Royce poses for a photo with the Fortune Women's Mentoring Program at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 25, 2018.

Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Karen Hughes, and other Department officials meeting with visiting English Language Fellows from the English Access Microscholarship Program

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman meets with young Moroccans at the U.S. Embassy in Rabat's Dar America educational and cultural center in Casablanca, Morocco, on March 8, 2022.

Department officials, including Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Noriega, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Barbara Pope, and Department Hispanic Recruitment Coordinator Harvey Issa, speaking to group of Hispanic high school students from Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland participating in Department's inaugural Latino job shadowing day

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Alexis Herman's Farewell to Department of Labor Esther Peterson Child Development Center

Department wide Interfaith Memorial Service in Dean Acheson Auditorium

Department officials, including Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Noriega, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Barbara Pope, and Department Hispanic Recruitment Coordinator Harvey Issa, speaking to group of Hispanic high school students from Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland participating in Department's inaugural Latino job shadowing day

African American History Celebration, in Dean Acheson Auditorium, featuring performance by Morgan State University Choir, and remarks by guest speakers including: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Bernard LaFayette, Jr., 1960's civil rights leader, Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island; Dorothy Height, long time civil rights and women's rights activist, President Emeritus of the National Council of Negro Women; and Romeo Crennel, head coach of the National Football League's Cleveland Browns.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo officiates the 153rd Civil Service Swearing-In Ceremony, at the U.S. Department of State of State in Washington, D.C. on June 8, 2018.

Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Karen Hughes, and other Department officials meeting with visiting English Language Fellows from the English Access Microscholarship Program

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

African American History Celebration, in Dean Acheson Auditorium, featuring performance by Morgan State University Choir, and remarks by guest speakers including: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Bernard LaFayette, Jr., 1960's civil rights leader, Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island; Dorothy Height, long time civil rights and women's rights activist, President Emeritus of the National Council of Negro Women; and Romeo Crennel, head coach of the National Football League's Cleveland Browns.

Presentation at Main Interior marking World AIDS Day

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

Department officials, including Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Noriega, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Barbara Pope, and Department Hispanic Recruitment Coordinator Harvey Issa, speaking to group of Hispanic high school students from Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland participating in Department's inaugural Latino job shadowing day

Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest event at Main Interior, with Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the Interior officials on hand

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - USTTI STUDENT GROUP

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Hollings Student Scholarship Presentations_Student Scholarship Poster Presentations

Office of the Administrator - Inspired Teaching School , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with 15 Children from Louisville Kentucky Collegiate School

Visit of figure skating star Michelle Kwan to State, where she joined Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes in the Treaty Room for the announcement of Kwan's appointment as the first American Public Diplomacy Envoy. In the role, Kwan, a five time World Champion and two time Olympic medalist, will reach out to international young people by visiting their schools and clubs to speak about leadership and to engage them in dialogue on social and educational issues.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with 15 Children from Louisville Kentucky Collegiate School

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Memorandum of Undertanding (MOU) at Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science , Environmental Protection Agency

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

YOKOSUKA, Japan (March 31, 2023) - Attendees observe the National Anthem during the Pacific Youth of the Year Luncheon at the Officers Club onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY). The Youth of the Year program is a recognition program for teens organized by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, which honors and celebrates the nations most inspiring teens and their stories of leadership and excellence. For 75 years, CFAY has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th Fleet's forward-deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families.

Office of the Secretary - National Science and Technology Medals

Panels participants, from left, Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, former White House Science Fair participant Joey Hudy, Environmentalist and third-year law student at Elon University School of Law Tyrone Davis, White House innovation expert Cristin Dorgelo, and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Gill Pratt, take a question from the audience during the annual White House State of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (SoSTEM) address, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington.

President Bush visits a D.C. elementary school and comments on No Child Left Behind

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - USTTI STUDENT GROUP

Appearance by Secretary Gale Norton at the Great Lakes Lighthouse Conference, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, to announce transfer of four Michigan lighthouses, one Washington lighthouse from Coast Guard to state, county, non-profit control; and to bestow lighthouse awards

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At NASA Kennedy Space Center's annual BEST (Black Employee Strategy Team) African-American History Month luncheon, Erin Parrish (left) displays a plaque she received from Elaine Johnson (right) that names Parrish the recipient of the Evelyn Johnson Scholarship. Elaine Johnson is the daughter of Evelyn Johnson, one of the organization's founding members. The Evelyn Johnson Scholarship is given each year by BEST in honor and memory of Evelyn Johnson. Stay-In-School and coop students at Kennedy as well as dependents of KSC civil service employees are eligible. The theme for this year's luncheon was "Creating New Paths From Journeys Past." The luncheon was held in the Kurt H. Debus Center at Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Complex.

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response - School Chemical Cleanup Campaign (SC3) - Decatur , 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

Visit of figure skating star Michelle Kwan to State, where she joined Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes in the Treaty Room for the announcement of Kwan's appointment as the first American Public Diplomacy Envoy. In the role, Kwan, a five time World Champion and two time Olympic medalist, will reach out to international young people by visiting their schools and clubs to speak about leadership and to engage them in dialogue on social and educational issues.

Visit of figure skating star Michelle Kwan to State, where she joined Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes in the Treaty Room for the announcement of Kwan's appointment as the first American Public Diplomacy Envoy. In the role, Kwan, a five time World Champion and two time Olympic medalist, will reach out to international young people by visiting their schools and clubs to speak about leadership and to engage them in dialogue on social and educational issues.

President Barack Obama greets the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search finalists in the Cross Hall of the White House, March 11, 2015.

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Group Photo of USTTI Student Group

Artemis Generation Roundtable. NASA astronaut Victor Glover speaks during an Artemis Generation Roundtable for Black Space Week, Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. As part of Black Space Week, the National Space Council and NASA collaborated with Black In Astro to host students for a discussion on the future of space exploration and equity.

Deputy Secretary John Sullivan officiates the swearing-in ceremony for the 191st Foreign Service Generalists Class, at the Department of State, on September 1, 2017.

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

Teach Africa Youth Forum and Exhibition, sponsored by the Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa and the World Affairs Council, in the Dean Acheson Auditorium. Event featured appearances by Department officials including Secretary Colin Powell, Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Patricia de Stacy Harrison, and Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Constance Berry Newman, and guests including Africa Society founder Leonard Robinson, Jr., former CNN news anchor Bernard Shaw, and local high school contestants and game show host Mac McGarry .

Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest event at Main Interior, with Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the Interior officials on hand

Office of the Administrator - Philadelphia - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting the Food Lab at Drexel University , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks and administers the Oath of Office to the 148th Foreign Service Specialist Class and the 155th Civil Service Class, at the Department of State, August 10, 2018.

Technology Administration - NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

National Council for International Visitors national meeting, sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington, D.C., with guest speakers including Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Patricia de Stacy Harrison; Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana; South Africa's Ambassador to the U.S., Barbara Masekela; the Executive Vice President of the Weizmann Institute of Science European Committee, Dov Keren Ya'ar; and Japanese journalist Michio Hayashi.

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne hosting event at Main Interior honoring student national finalists, along with teachers and administrators, from The National Campaign to Stop Violence-sponsored "Do the Write Thing Challenge" involving middle school students writing about ways to stop violence in their communities

Department officials, including Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Noriega, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Barbara Pope, and Department Hispanic Recruitment Coordinator Harvey Issa, speaking to group of Hispanic high school students from Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland participating in Department's inaugural Latino job shadowing day

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - USTTI STUDENT GROUP

Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest event at Main Interior, with Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the Interior officials on hand

Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest event at Main Interior, with Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the Interior officials on hand

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne hosting event at Main Interior honoring student national finalists, along with teachers and administrators, from The National Campaign to Stop Violence-sponsored "Do the Write Thing Challenge" involving middle school students writing about ways to stop violence in their communities

Japanese and American students, and representatives from Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo (CFAS), Sasebo city, Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Pacific East District, and Learn by Experience (LbE) pose for a photo during the MOFA/DODEA Youth Exchange Program 2022 at Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebos E.J. King Middle High School Oct. 16, 2022. During the two-day educational and cultural exchange event, American students from E.J. King Middle High School and Japanese students from Sasebo schools forged new friendships by tackling group projects together, strengthening the relationship between the base and local community.

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - USTTI STUDENT GROUP

Singularity University Students and Founders; Founders, Peter Diamandis, Ray Kurzweil.

Presentation at Main Interior marking World AIDS Day

President Barack Obama meets with student reporters in the Red Room of the White House prior to hosting the "ConnectED to the Future" conference with superintendents and other educators from across the country who are leading their schools and districts in the transition to digital learning, Nov. 19, 2014. Students, from left, Ainsley Felter, Scholastic News Kids Press Corp (age 13), Julie Vadhan, Huffington Post Teen (age 14), Liliana Scott, Time For Kids (age 8), Tess Harkin, Student Voice (age 17) and Sam Parekh, Kids Scoop Media (age 13).

Jonathan Salazar, a Youth Preparedness Council member, interacts with attendees of the Youth Preparedness Council Summit. Jonathan Salazar, a Youth Preparedness Council member, interacts with attendees of the Youth Preparedness Council Summit. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of figure skating star Michelle Kwan to State, where she joined Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes in the Treaty Room for the announcement of Kwan's appointment as the first American Public Diplomacy Envoy. In the role, Kwan, a five time World Champion and two time Olympic medalist, will reach out to international young people by visiting their schools and clubs to speak about leadership and to engage them in dialogue on social and educational issues.

Office of the Deputy Administrator - High School National Student Leadership Conference , Environmental Protection Agency

Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest event at Main Interior, with Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the Interior officials on hand

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Hollings Student Scholarship Presentations_Student Scholarship Poster Presentations

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

Department officials, including Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Noriega, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Barbara Pope, and Department Hispanic Recruitment Coordinator Harvey Issa, speaking to group of Hispanic high school students from Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland participating in Department's inaugural Latino job shadowing day

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - USTTI STUDENT GROUP

Seminar on gay history, sponsored by Interior's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Employee Organization (GLOBE)

Federal Library of the Year Award and Open House at the Goddard Information and Collaboration Center. Robin Dixon and Center Director Chris Scolese

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Karen Hughes, posing with visiting students from Thailand

Students from the Idaho Youth ChalleNGe Academy participate in a graduation ceremony, May 27, 2022, Boise, Idaho. 119 cadets graduated from the academys 17th classbringing the total number of IDYCA graduates to 1,701, since the program began in 2014.

Maryruth Coleman, Director of the Press Office for the Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business, speaks with high school students interested in what Economic Officers do in the Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2011.

Principal Hasimah of Menteng Elementary School No. 1 practices presenting a plaque to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton with U.S. Embassy Official Michele Cenzer in Jarkarta, Indonesia during the visit of Secretary Clinton's February 18, 2009.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Principal Albert Sye, astronaut Leland Melvin, Dr. Julian Earls and KSC Deputy Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr. share the stage at Ronald E. McNair High School in Atlanta, a NASA Explorer School. Dr. Earls is director of the NASA Glenn Research Center. He joined Dr. Whitlow on a visit to the school to share the vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Whitlow talked with students about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space. Dr. Earls discussed the future and the vision for space, plus the NASA careers needed to meet the vision. Melvin talked about the importance of teamwork and what it takes for mission success.

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Group Photo United States Telecommunications Training Institute Students

President Barack Obama spoke at the White House Science Fair Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at the White House. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden attended and was recognized by the President at the fourth White House Science Fair, which included 100 students from more than 30 different states who competed in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) competitions. (

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry opens a Higher Education Dialogue in New Delhi, India, on June 25, 2013.

First Lady Michelle Obama participates in a conference call on the Let's Move! Healthier U.S. School Challenge in the Map Room of the White House March, 2, 2011. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack joined Mrs. Obama to speak with education stakeholders about doubling the number of schools participating in the U.S. Department of Agricultures Healthier US School Challenge Program.

Secretary Gale Norton, third from right, and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Neal McCaleb, second from left, with school staff in front of No Indian Child Left Behind banner during visit to To Hajiilee-He Community School, an Eastern Navajo Agency-operated school in Canoncito, New Mexico. Visit highlighted federal support for American Indian schools

Participants in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) participate in a Town Hall with President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 1, 2015.

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Group Photo United States Telecommunications Training Institute Students

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