Official Meetings and Tours

Groups of individuals engaged in discussions and tours at an organizational facility, emphasizing teamwork and leadership in formal settings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining other senior officials for ribbon-cutting ceremony, briefing, tours at the new Interior Operations Center (IOC)

Congressional Delegation Oversight Visit - 26-HK-7-99. CODEL members talking with Cong Jo Bonner in white shirt outside ATC hangar. Hurricane Katrina

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

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

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Oregon, part of the 2004 Take Pride in America Western Tour highlighting volunteer efforts on public lands, including a stop at the Monaco Coach Corporation recreational vehicle plant in Coburg

Mike Leavitt's first day: various meetings , Environmental Protection Agency

MSL - Radiological Control Center Press Tour

Office of the Secretary - NIST Site Visit

Flooding Severe Storm - Nashville, Tenn. , May 6, 2010 Governor Phil Bredeson(l), Jeremy Heidt(TEMA), General James Baasham(TEMA), Mayor Karl Dean(Nashville), FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate gather together for a national media conference call to answer media questions. FEMA is responding the severe storms and flooding that damaged or destroyed many homes and businesses across Tennessee. David Fine/FEMA. Tennessee Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Cedar Rapids, IA, June 19, 2008 FEMA's Region VII Administrator, Richard Hainje, briefs President Bush, on the Iowa flooding, prior to an aerial tour. Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Michael Chertoff is on left, Iowa City Mayor, Regenia Bailey, hand on chin and Cedar Rapids Mayor, Kaye Haloran is on right. Barry Bahler/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH CHAIRMAN RICH CROTTY

Signing ceremony, outside the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland, for Executive Order protecting and conserving the striped bass and red drum fish populations, with President George W. Bush joined by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Maryland Congressman Wayne Gilchrest, Coastal Conservation Association Chairman Walter Fondren, American Sportfishing Association President Mike Nussman, Stripers Forever President Brad Burns, Shimano America Corporation President Dave Pfeiffer, and other dignitaries

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Oregon, part of the 2004 Take Pride in America Western Tour highlighting volunteer efforts on public lands, including a stop at the Monaco Coach Corporation recreational vehicle plant in Coburg

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to South Dakota for meeting with the state's tribal leaders in Rapid City, and for activities related to the 66th Annual Motorcycle Rally at Sturgis

President George W. Bush Visit - 26-HK-6-91. Hurricane Katrina

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., for touring, press conference launch of the Tiger Conservation Initiative. The Secretary joined numerous dignitaries, among them National Zoo Director John Berry, actor and Conservation International board member Harrison Ford, actor Robert Duvall, World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick, National Zoo Ecology Center Head Conservator John Seidensticker, and International Tiger Coalition spokesperson Grace Ge Gabriel, at the event.

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.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with delegation of officers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Hartford, Conn. , September 1, 2011 September 1, 2011 FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino, left, visits FEMA's Initial Operating Facilty at the Emergency Operations Center after Hurricane Irene impacted the state. He listens while Federal Coordinating Officer Gary Stanley speaks to staff. Hartford, CT--September 1, 2011--FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino, left, visits FEMA's Initial Operating Facilty at the Emergency Operations Center after Hurricane Irene impacted the state.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, aides, and Michigan Congressman John Dingell to the Monroe County Historical Museum and the River Raisin Battlefield Visitor Center in Monroe, Michigan, following participation in the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge-related signing ceremony at Monroe County Community College

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, California, to view the renovation project for the historic Cliff House, set to open in August, 2004

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

Obama Administration launches Cloud Computing Initiative at Ames Research Center with left to right; S. Pete Worden, Center Director, Lori Garver, NASA Deputy Administrator, Vivek Kundra, White House Chief Federal Information Officer

Severe Storms and Flooding, Cape Girardeau, MO, March 27, 2008 The Cape Girardeau City Manager briefs FEMA Administrator David Paulison and Lieutenant Governor Kinder before a press conference on the Missouri flooding. Andrea Booher/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

President George W. Bush Visit - 26-HK-6-155. Briefing in ATC hangar--AL Gov. Riley, POTUS, FEMA Brown, SECDHS Chertoff, with CO Sector Mobile in back. Hurricane Katrina

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to South Dakota for meeting with the state's tribal leaders in Rapid City, and for activities related to the 66th Annual Motorcycle Rally at Sturgis

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

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH CHAIRMAN RICH CROTTY

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH CHAIRMAN RICH CROTTY

President George W. Bush Visit - 26-HK-6-135. Briefing in ATC hangar-- POTUS & FEMA Michael Brown. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Chief Technologist, OCT Innovation Workshop, and Facility Tours

Minnesota flooding DR1717.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne viewing displays, talking with attendees at the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) annual convention at the Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Kentucky

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, University of Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center, and scenic locales, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials

Houston, Texas, June 7, 2012 FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate speaks with media representatives after the Small Business Preparedness Expo at a Sam's Club in Houston. .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Deputy Administrator Visits Atlanta. Georgia Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Secretary Donald Evans Tours Spectrum Mobile Lab

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

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Tour of Gigabeam Corporation by Michael Gallagern, Herndon, VA

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides on visit to Maine, meeting with Governor John Baldacci

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Potomac Yard , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Estate Grange Alexander Hamilton Boyhood Home, the Juan F. Luis Hospital, and other natural and developed sites, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials. Secretary Kempthorne joined Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh, Jr., Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Donna Christian Christiansen, and other leaders at a press conference and agreement signing event concerning grant awards for the benefit of the people and natural resources of the Virgin Islands.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH CHAIRMAN RICH CROTTY

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.

Tornado - Smithville, Miss. , May 1, 2011 FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate speaks at a press conference in Smithville MS, a small community hit hard by an F5 tornado April 27th. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano (left) listens, along with Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour (left, light blue shirt), SBA Administrator Karen Mills (right), Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack ( black shirt, right), and HUD Secretary Shaun Donavan (far right). FEMA photo / Tim Burkitt FEMA photo / Tim Burkitt. Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Associated Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRADE MISSION TO CHINA

Adminstrator Fugate Listens to Small Business Association Issues. Connecticut Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Tour, given by BP corporate officials to Secretary Gale Norton and Minerals Management Service Director Johnnie Burton, of the world's largest offshore oil platform, near Ingleside, Texas, used to tap Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas reserves

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Findlay, Ohio, August 31, 2007 FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Jesse Munoz (FCO) speaks with a local business owners. FEMA works closely with the SBA in the process to recover from natural disasters. Mark Wolfe/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, University of Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center, and scenic locales, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials

Office of the Secretary - NIST Site Visit

Secretary Gale Norton, seated, receiving briefing during visit to the Barona Reservation, home of the Barona Band of Mission Indians, near Lakeside, California, for survey of the extensive damage caused by the Cedar fire and discussions with federal and tribal officials

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH CHAIRMAN RICH CROTTY

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARIES SNOW, EVANS AND CHAO FOR THE JOBS AND GROWTH TOUR

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

Oklahoma City, Okla., July 24, 2013 State Coordinating Officer, Michelann Ooten explains the State and FEMA partnership after the May tornadoes. The meeting was attended by Staff members from Oklahoma's seven Congressional offices Dominick Biocchi/FEMA. Oklahoma City, Okla. July 25, 2013 -- State Coordinating Officer, Michelann Ooten explains the State and FEMA partnership after the May tornadoes. The meeting was attended by Staff members from Oklahoma's seven Congressional offices Dominick Biocchi/FEMA. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Builder and Architect Discussing Plans

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kemmpthorne and aides to American Samoa, U.S. Territory

Hurricane Katrina, Pascagoula, Miss., April 20, 2006 - While traveling on the tour bus, FEMA Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer, Jesse Munoz confers with Don Powell, Chairman, US Homeland Security Gulf Coast Rebuilding, and his chief of staff, Jodey Arrington. Mr. Powell and staff are on a tour of the Gulf coast disaster area. George Armstrong/FEMA

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Secretary Donald Evans Tours Spectrum Mobile Lab

Senator Scott DeLano, Mississippi State Senate district 50 senator, delivers remarks during an overview of the proposed site for the new Cyber Center to members of the State Delegation and the Mississippi State Delegation at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Oct. 25, 2022. The members also received 81st Training Wing and 81st Training Group mission briefings during the visit.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Adm. Harold Gehman, far left, chairman of the Columbia Investigation Accident Board, looks at pieces of Columbia debris collected in the KSC RLV Hangar. Other members of the board accompanied him as part of the ongoing investigation. Recovery efforts as of May 5 included 82,500 pieces of debris weighing 84,800 pounds, almost 40 percent of the total dry weight of the shuttle. About 25,000 personnel took part, utilizing almost 1.5 million total man-hours in the recovery effort and involving more than 130 federal, state and local agencies. The operation was also supported by more than 270 organizations that included businesses and volunteer groups.

Flooding Severe Storm - Nashville, Tenn. , May 25, 2010 Tennessee State Legislative Representatives Mike Bell(L), Sherry Jones, Jimmy Matlock, Janis Sontany, Kevin Brooks, Josh Evans,and Bob Ramsey look at flood images shown by Donnie Smith-TEMA legislative affairs liason(R) during a tour of the Nashville Joint Field Office. FEMA is responding to severe storms and flooding that damaged or destroyed thousands of homes across Tennessee in May 2010.. Tennessee Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, University of Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center, and scenic locales, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials

President Barack Obama listens to Thompson Creek Manufacturing Company President and CEO Rick West ashe tours the Thompson Creek Manufacturing Company in Landover, Maryland.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - El Paso , Environmental Protection Agency

Mike Walk-Thru , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Estate Grange Alexander Hamilton Boyhood Home, the Juan F. Luis Hospital, and other natural and developed sites, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials. Secretary Kempthorne joined Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh, Jr., Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Donna Christian Christiansen, and other leaders at a press conference and agreement signing event concerning grant awards for the benefit of the people and natural resources of the Virgin Islands.

Governor Purdue gets Answers about SBA's Role in Recover. North Carolina Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Secretary Gale Norton with Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi, right, speaking to reporters about forest management issues during tour of the Mount Graham International Observatory, near Safford, Arizona. Area, in Coronado National Forest, was affected by the summer's massive Nuttall and Gibson forest fires

Vilonia, Ark., May 4, 2014 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson thanks the mayors of Vilonia and Mayflower at a press conference held near Vilonia City Hall following the tornadoes that struck Vilonia, Mayflower and other parts of Arkansas on April 27. Next to Secretary Johnson (center, blue jacket): Randy Holland, Mayor of Mayflower. Shaking hands with Secretary Johnson (right, khaki green shirt): James Firestone, Mayor of Vilonia. As an agency of DHS, FEMA supports state, local and tribal governments and individual survivors impacted by natural disasters. Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Williamsburg, Virginia, for Colonial National Historical Park touring, discussions with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Colonial National Historical Park staff, and keynote address at the 2007 National Association of State Park Directors and National Park Service Leadership Council Conference

Chris Christie vists JFO. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH CHAIRMAN RICH CROTTY

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Pima County, Arizona for tours of the Mexican border area, discussions with local Interior staff and Customs and Border Patrol personnel

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Estate Grange Alexander Hamilton Boyhood Home, the Juan F. Luis Hospital, and other natural and developed sites, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials. Secretary Kempthorne joined Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh, Jr., Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Donna Christian Christiansen, and other leaders at a press conference and agreement signing event concerning grant awards for the benefit of the people and natural resources of the Virgin Islands.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH CHAIRMAN RICH CROTTY

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Estate Grange Alexander Hamilton Boyhood Home, the Juan F. Luis Hospital, and other natural and developed sites, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials. Secretary Kempthorne joined Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh, Jr., Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Donna Christian Christiansen, and other leaders at a press conference and agreement signing event concerning grant awards for the benefit of the people and natural resources of the Virgin Islands.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, far left, speaks to guests during a ribbon cutting ceremony in the high bay of the Space Station Processing Facility at the Florida spaceport. Joining Cabana, from the left, are Bill Dowdell, Kennedy's International Space Station technical director, Josephine Burnett, director of Exploration Research and Technology, Andy Allen, Jacobs vice president and general manager and Test and Operations Support Contract program manager, and Jeff McAlear, Jacobs director of Processing Services. The event celebrated completion of facility modifications to improve processing and free up zones tailored to a variety of needs supporting a robust assortment of space-bound hardware including NASA programs and commercial space companies.

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

Signing ceremony, outside the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland, for Executive Order protecting and conserving the striped bass and red drum fish populations, with President George W. Bush joined by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Maryland Congressman Wayne Gilchrest, Coastal Conservation Association Chairman Walter Fondren, American Sportfishing Association President Mike Nussman, Stripers Forever President Brad Burns, Shimano America Corporation President Dave Pfeiffer, and other dignitaries

Congressman Steve Stockman, Texas 36th district, and Congressman Randy Weber, Texas 14th district, visit NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston on Feb. 20, 2013. Orion Program Manager Mark Geyer and Johnson Space Center Director Dr. Ellen Ochoa discussed the status and accomplishments of the Orion program. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

Ceremonial planting of blight-resistant American chestnut tree, outside the headquarters of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) at Interior, to mark OSM's 30th anniversary. Among dignitaries participating in the event were Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, OSM Appalachian Region Director (soon to become OSM Director) Brent Wahlquist, National Mining Association President and Chief Executive Officer Kraig Naasz, and American Chestnut Foundatiion President Marshal Case.

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

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson in St. Louis , Environmental Protection Agency

Tornado walk about.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Signing ceremony, outside the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland, for Executive Order protecting and conserving the striped bass and red drum fish populations, with President George W. Bush joined by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Maryland Congressman Wayne Gilchrest, Coastal Conservation Association Chairman Walter Fondren, American Sportfishing Association President Mike Nussman, Stripers Forever President Brad Burns, Shimano America Corporation President Dave Pfeiffer, and other dignitaries

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides on tour of the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Administrator Sean OKeefe talks to the media at the Central Florida Research Park, near Orlando. He and government officials were at the park for a presentation about the assets of the research park as the site of NASAs new Shared Services Center. Behind OKeefe are (left to right) Pamella J. Dana, Ph.D., director, Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development in Florida; Florida Congressman Tom Feeney; U.S. Representative Ric Keller; and Congressman Dave Weldon. At right is Mike Rein, division chief of KSC External Affairs. Six sites around the U.S. are under consideration for location of the Center, which would centralize NASAs payroll, accounting, human resources, facilities and procurement offices that are now handled at each field center. The consolidation is part of the One NASA focus. Others attending the presentation included U.S. Senator Bill Nelson and Center Director Jim Kennedy.

WASHINGTON, D.C.---S&T Partnership Forum In-Space Assembly Technical Interchange Meeting-On September 6th 2017, many of the United States government experts on In-Space Assembly met at the U.S. Naval Research Lab to discuss both technology development and in-space applications that would advance national capabilities in this area. Expertise from NASA, USAF, NRO, DARPA and NRL met in this meeting which was coordinated by the NASA Headquarters, Office of the Chief Technologist. This technical interchange meeting was the second meeting of the members of this Science and Technology Partnership Forum.

Robert Faucher, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Bureau of Conflict & Stabilization Operations, visited the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance to discuss the Global Fragility Act Strategy during a trip to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command for the launch of the Strategy. This Strategy aims to prevent global conflict and promote long-term stability. The Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance provides academic research, civil-military coordination training, and operational insights to support decision making before, during, and after crises.

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