Signing Ceremonies

Images of formal signing events featuring groups of officials. Focus on collaboration, important agreements, and professional gatherings in an office setting.

National Park Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife Service, and other Interior senior officials on hand for Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony, Main Interior

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

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

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.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Native American , Environmental Protection Agency

Federal Trade Commission - Costa Rica Memorandum of Understanding Signing

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 event for Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Memorandum of Understanding, with FWS Director H. Dale Hall among the participants

Office of the Secretary - Swearing In Jon Dudas, Brett Palmer and Ben Wu

National Park Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife Service, and other Interior senior officials on hand for Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony, Main Interior

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

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.

National Park Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife Service, and other Interior senior officials on hand for Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony, Main Interior

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

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Native American , 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 Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

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

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

Federal Trade Commission - Costa Rica Memorandum of Understanding Signing

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Department of Defense Naitonal Guard and Reserve Cabinet Signing

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.

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

Office of the Administration and Resources Management - Alumni Association Memorandum of Understanding , Environmental Protection Agency

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 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.

International Trade Administration - JCCT Medical Device Sub-Group

Bureau of Industry and Security - SIGNING CEREMONY WITH UNITED STATES AND CHINA

Bureau of Land Management Director, Kathleen Clarke, 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

Bureau of Industry and Security - SIGNING CEREMONY WITH UNITED STATES AND CHINA

Signing ceremony for Memorandum of Understanding between the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement (OSM) and the coldwater fisheries conservation, protection, and restoration organization, Trout Unlimited, with OSM Director Jeffrey Jarrett among officials participating

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.)

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

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 Disability Employment Policy - Agreement Signing with the Director of the Farm Credit Adiminstration

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Department of Defense Naitonal Guard and Reserve Cabinet Signing

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

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

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

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

Economic Development Administration - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) FIELD IMAGES WITH DAVID SAMPSON AND SECRETARY DONALD EVANS

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

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 Disability Employment Policy - Agreement Signing with the Director of the Farm Credit Adiminstration

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 Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

Emergency Planning and Security - Washington, D. C. , September 15, 2011 Overhead view of Dr. Antonio Flores, President and CEO of Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities Memorandum of Agreement (HACU MOA) with FEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugate during the signing ceremony at the 2011 Latino Leadership Summit.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH PRIME MINISTER OF VIETNAM AT BOEING SIGNING CEREMONY

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

Secretary Gale Norton signing for renewal of the Federal Grant and Agreement of Right-of-Way for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, with, left to right, Drue Pearce, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski, Bureau of Land Management official Jerry Bossia, Bureau head Kathleen Clarke

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

U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev signing INF Treaty, White House East Room, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, December 8, 1987

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

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) , Environmental Protection Agency

National Park Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife Service, and other Interior senior officials on hand for Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony, Main Interior

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Information Management Center , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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

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

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

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

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Contract signing , 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.

Key state and community leaders celebrated April 6 with the signing of a construction contract for the state-of-the-art INFINITY Science Center planned near John C. Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi. Gulfport Mayor George Schloegel (l to r), chair of non-profit INFINITY Science Center Inc., was joined for the signing ceremony at the Hancock Bank in Gulfport by Virginia Wagner, sister of late Hancock Bank President Leo Seal Jr.; and Roy Anderson III, president and CEO of Roy Anderson Corp. Seal was the first chair of INFINITY Science Center Inc., which has led in development of the project. Roy Anderson Corp. plans to begin construction on the 72,000-square-foot, $28 million science and education center in May. The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) also is set to begin construction of a $2 million access road to the new center. The April 6 ceremony was attended by numerous officials, including former Stennis Space Center Directors Jerry Hlass and Roy Estess; Missis

Washington, D. C. , April 27, 2010 FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate (r) and General Zeev Tsuk-Ram (l), sign a multi-year work plan at FEMA headquarters in Washington. The purpose of the plan is to share information and collaborate in building emergency management capacity in both the United States and Israel. .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA)

Secretary Gale Norton seated, with Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander, Sun Studio manager John Schorr, Memphis city administrator Dottie Jones, Tennessee Senator Bill Frist, left to right, at Capitol Hill event designating Sun Records, Memphis Recording Service as National Historic Landmark

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

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

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

Technology Administration - UNITED STATES / CHINA BILATERAL MEETING

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

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in Los Angeles, California, joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, and PacifiCorps Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Greg Abel at signing ceremony for 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

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

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

Office of Disability Employment Policy - Agreement Signing with the Director of the Farm Credit Adiminstration

Office of the Deputy Secretary - BOEING-PAKISTAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT - SIGNING

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

Vice President Harris and French President Macron meet at NASA HQ. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and President of the Centre National dEtudes Spatiales (CNES) Dr. Philippe Baptiste sign an agreement for the Farside Seismic Suite (FSS), Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The FSS will return the first lunar seismic data from the far side of the Moon. CNES is contributing one of the seismometers to this payload, which will be delivered via NASAs Commercial Lunar Payloads Services (CLPS) initiative, based on heritage capabilities from the Mars InSight mission.

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

Secretary Gale Norton, left, with Mexico's Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, Alberto Cardenas-Jimenez, at Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C. signing ceremony for agreement to extend U.S.-Mexico wildlife protection pact an additional ten years

Employment and Training Administration - General Motors Apprenticeship National Standards 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

Mike Leavitt and unknown speakers , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior headquarters staff in the final days of Norton's tenure

Colorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology (CAMT) CEO Elaine Thorndike, seated left, and NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, seated right, sign an agreement at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on Monday, Dec. 13, 2010, that created a Technology Acceleration Program and Regional Innovation Cluster for Aerospace and Clean Energy. Looking on from left, Executive Director, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade Don Marostica, Colorado State Representative Su Ryden, Colorado State Senate President Brandon Schaffer, Representative from U.S. Senator Udall's office Jimmy Haugue, NIST/MEP Director Roger Kilmer and Colorado State Governor Bill Ritter. A manufacturing park focused on rapid new product development and production will be developed to assist growing Colorado businesses while promoting the commercialization of technology developed for the space program.

Ms. Susan Coppedge signs her appointment papers to become the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 20, 2015.

International Trade Administration - Swearing-In Laura Jimenex, Hanna Kamenetzky and Jane Kitson

Office of Disability Employment Policy - Agreement Signing with the Director of the Farm Credit Adiminstration

U.S..-Mexico Binational Commission (BNC) agreement signing event at Main Interior for the Joint Declaration of Sister Park Partnerships, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and Mexican counterpart, Undersecretary Felipe Adrian Vasquez of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, officially designating seven parks for cooperative efforts on natural resource management

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks on as Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos signs his guestbook before their working lunch at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 5, 2016.

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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA)

U.S..-Mexico Binational Commission (BNC) agreement signing event at Main Interior for the Joint Declaration of Sister Park Partnerships, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and Mexican counterpart, Undersecretary Felipe Adrian Vasquez of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, officially designating seven parks for cooperative efforts on natural resource management

Participants in the Pathways to Leadership management training program, for Bureau of indian Affairs (BIA) and Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians personnel, at session with Interior officials including Special Trustee Ross Owen Swimmer and BIA Director W. Patrick Ragsdale

Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and Forest Service senior officials joining representatives of private organizations, including Wilderness Inquiry, at signing event for Memorandum of Understanding relating to promotion of outdoor opportunities for persons with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act

Office of the Secretary - Digital Files of Secretary Donald Evans Tenure 01-04

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