Professional Recognition Events

Images of formal recognition ceremonies featuring professionals receiving awards, dressed in business attire and surrounded by colleagues.

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention - Closing the Circle Awards , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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

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

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

Ames 2012 Fellows Awards Dinner Honoring inductees Lousi J. Allamandola, Wayne R. Johnson, Baruch S. Blumberg and Hans Mark. Dr. Carl Pilcher accepting for Dr. Baruch Blumburg with Pete Worden, Ames Director presenting.

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention - 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

Bureau of Economic Analysis - Awards Ceremony

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

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

International Trade Administration - World Standards Day Awards Announcement

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with Vera Hartman

Larry Benna, Deputy Director for Operations of Bureau of Land Management, receiving senior executive service award, Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao presents Senior Executive Service (SES) Certificates

Minerals Management Service award proceedings, featuring presentation by Secretary Gale Norton, third from left, of the Joan Killgore Award to Todd Druse, second from left, of the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe of southwestern Colorado, for achievements in royalty collection and compliance activities related to energy production

International Trade Administration - MDCP Orientation Awards Presentation

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

Office of Environmental Information - eRulemaking. Regulations.Gov 5th Anniversary Celebration and Partner Agency Recognition , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Mark Luttner , Environmental Protection Agency

President's Quality Awards 2005 ceremony, honoring progress made by federal agencies in improving management systems and work processes, at Washington, D.C.'s Corcoran Museum, with award presentations by Office of Personnel Management Director Linda Springer and Office of Management and Budget Director Joshua Bolten, and award acceptances by Department of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, Social Security Administration Commissioner Jo Anne Barnhart, and Department of State Undersecretary for Management Henrietta Fore

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

Fisheries and Habitat Conservation Partners Awards Luncheon, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director H. Dale Hall, and FWS Assistant Director for Fisheries and Habitat Conservation Mamie Parker among the Interior officials participating

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

International Trade Administration - World Standards Day Awards Announcement

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

American Recreation Coalition (ARC) 2006 Legends Award ceremony, with presentations by officials including ARC President Derrick Crandall

President's Quality Awards 2005 ceremony, honoring progress made by federal agencies in improving management systems and work processes, at Washington, D.C.'s Corcoran Museum, with award presentations by Office of Personnel Management Director Linda Springer and Office of Management and Budget Director Joshua Bolten, and award acceptances by Department of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, Social Security Administration Commissioner Jo Anne Barnhart, and Department of State Undersecretary for Management Henrietta Fore

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration - Final Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Advisory Coucil Meeting

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

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

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

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Senior Executive Service (SES) training at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, MD , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Commissioner's Prism Awards 2000

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

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

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

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

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

Office of the Chief Financial Officer - Department's Strategic Planning Workgroup Awards Ceremony

Employment and Training Administration - National Partnership for Reinventing Government Vice President Al Gore's Hammer Award to Access America for Workers Inter-Agency Team

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

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez Trip from Japan

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 - Ceremonial Signing 500,000 Design Patent with Daimler Chrysler

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

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

Photograph, from coverage of retirement event for Minerals Management Service oceanographer Walter Johnson, selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on tenure of departing Secretary Gale Norton

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

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

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

Economic Development Administration - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) Symposium

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Labor Market Informational Seminar Students

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

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

William Bettenberg, Office of Policy Analysis, receiving senior executive service award, Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Chief Safety and Mission Assurance Officer, Bryan D. O'Connor (left), presents a Quality and Safety Achievement Recognition, or QASAR, award for 2008 to Steven M. Davis (center). Davis, an employee of the Defense Contract Management Agency at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, received the award for his attention to detail in an incident involving a space shuttle solid rocket booster. At right is Dr. Michael Ryschkewitsch, NASA's chief engineer. Davis received the award at NASA's sixth annual Project Management Challenge in Daytona Beach, Fla. The QASAR award recognizes individual government and contractor employees who have demonstrated exemplary performance in contributing to the quality and/or safety of products, services, processes or management programs and activities.

Office of the Chief Financial Officer - Department's Strategic Planning Workgroup Awards Ceremony

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

Office of the Secretary - Kentucky Area Development District

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

Secretary Gale Norton, center, holding award, with Indian Pueblo Cultural Center's Ronald Solimon, left, and National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development President Kenneth Robbins, right, during the Reservation Economic Summit and Business Trade Fair, Res 2006, at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Event was coordinated by Robbins' organization

President's Quality Awards 2005 ceremony, honoring progress made by federal agencies in improving management systems and work processes, at Washington, D.C.'s Corcoran Museum, with award presentations by Office of Personnel Management Director Linda Springer and Office of Management and Budget Director Joshua Bolten, and award acceptances by Department of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, Social Security Administration Commissioner Jo Anne Barnhart, and Department of State Undersecretary for Management Henrietta Fore

Employment and Training Administration - National Partnership for Reinventing Government Vice President Al Gore's Hammer Award to Access America for Workers Inter-Agency Team

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao presents Senior Executive Service (SES) Certificates

American Recreation Coalition (ARC) awards event at the Decatur House, Washington, D.C., where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne received the 2008 Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award. Joining the Secretary and his wife, Patricia, at the event were ARC President Derrick Crandall, ARC Chairman Thom Dammrich, and Coleman Company President Sam Solomon, among other dignitaries.

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

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

Office of Disability Employment Policy - 11th Anniversary of American Disabilities Act (ADA) with Teddy Pendegrass

Take Pride in America (TPIA) National Awards ceremony at Main Interior, with presentations by Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, TPIA Executive Director Heather Roebke, USA Freedom Corps Acting Director Kathny Wills Wright, and other officials

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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Swearing-In Ceremony with Tim Keeney

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

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

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

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Chinese American Society Students

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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Mark Trail Reception

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

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

American Recreation Coalition (ARC) 2006 Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award ceremony and reception, with presentations by ARC President Derrick Crandall and other ARC officials, and award acceptance by Congressman Thomas Petri of Wisconsin

Willie Taylor, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, receiving senior executive service award, Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Office of Human Resources Management - Aspiring Leaders Program

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

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

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration - Final Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Advisory Coucil Meeting

Veterans' Employment and Training Service - Veterans Day Salute Awards

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Chinese American Society Students

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

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

Technology Administration - 2002 NATIONAL MEDAL OF TECHNOLOGY LAUREATES RECEPTION

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

Office of Air and Radiation - Green Chill, Advanced Refrigeration Partnership , Environmental Protection Agency

Employment and Training Administration - General Motors Apprenticeship National Standards Signing Ceremony

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

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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Swearing-In Ceremony with Tim Keeney

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