Signing Ceremonies

Images of formal signing events featuring diverse individuals engaged in official agreements, highlighting collaboration and partnership.

Office of Administration and Resource Management - EPA Tribal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS IN ROMANIA

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

Moldovan Prime Minister Pavel Filip signs U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo's guestbook before their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2018.

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

12/02/2001. The founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, signs a collaboration agreement for the development of society with Ana Birulés and Emilio Botín. He was received at the Moncloa by José María Aznar and Ana Birulés.

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Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

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

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.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas in Tallin, Estonia, on March 8, 2022.

Bill signing - H.R. 11970 Public Law 87-794, Trade Expansion Act of 1962, 12:10PM. President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Senator B. Everett Jordan of North Carolina (partially hidden on edge of frame); Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Executive Director of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), John W. Hight (in back, mostly hidden); unidentified (mostly hidden); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Chairman of the CNTP, Carl J. Gilbert (in back, partially hidden); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Representative

Federal Trade Commission - Costa Rica Memorandum of Understanding Signing

Technology Administration - UNITED STATES / CHINA BILATERAL MEETING

Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell signs his appointment papers after being sworn-in at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 2, 2017.

Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti signs the guest book, at the Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on September 4, 2020.

Vietnamese Executive Secretary Dinh The Huynh signs U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's guestbook before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 25, 2016

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

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

Madrid, 12/26/2017. Moncloa Palace. Signing of the agreement on the new interprofessional minimum wage chaired by Mariano Rajoy accompanied by Fátima Báñez with the leaders of CEPYME, CEOE and the UGT and CCOO unions. In the image, Juan Rosell and Antonio Garamendi sign the agreement in the presence of Unai Sordo, Josep María Álvarez, Mariano Rajoy and Fátima Báñez Photo: Jaime García ARCHDC.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Signing Ceremony

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa sign a Memorandum of Understanding between their two nations related to South-South Triangular Cooperation before a news conference in Jakarta, Indonesia on February 17, 2014.

Announcement, at the Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, of the proposal to remove the brown pelican from the Endangered Species List, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, and other officials at the signing and press conference marking the recovery of the species in Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states

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

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

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Ivorian Prime Minister Patrick Achi on March 14, 2022, in Washington, DC.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Ivorian Prime Minister Patrick Achi on March 14, 2022, in Washington, DC.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - United States and China Cooperative Agreement on the Environment , Environmental Protection Agency

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

NASA and the Economic Development Commission Signing Agreement

International Trade Administration - Swearing-In Yasuey Pai

National Press Club Performance Track , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo signs the appointment papers for Stephen E. Biegun to become the Deputy Secretary of State, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 17, 2020.

Flag ceremony for retiring foreign service officer Joseph Presel, former U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan, and Deputy Coordinator for Regional Affairs in the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union. Director General of the Foreign Service, Ruth Davis, presided at the ceremony.

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

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Signing with Vermont Law School , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Bay Compact , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback shakes the hand of former Congressman Frank R. Wolf after his remarks during the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 24, 2018.

National Park Foundation President Vin Cipolla, front left, with National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, front right, National Park Foundation Vice Chair Nancy Bechtle, back left, and Secretary Gale Norton, back right, at National Park Service-National Park Foundation agreement signing ceremony, Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C.

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

Office of the Inspector General - Farewell Reception for Deputy Inspector General Patricia Dalton

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - National Fish Habitat Roll Out Signing

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Bay Compact , Environmental Protection Agency

Israeli Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman signs U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's guestbook before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 8, 2017.

Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry signs a guest book upon his arrival at The Blue House, the office and residence of South Korean President Park Geun-hye, in Seoul, South Korea, on April 12, 2013.

International Trade Administration - JCCT SIGNING CEREMONY

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

Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini signs U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo's guestbook at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 16, 2018.

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Mariano Grossi signs the guest book at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 4, 2020.

President Barack Obama signs Elena Kagan's commission in the Oval Office, before a reception in the East Room celebrating her confirmation to the Supreme Court, Aug. 6, 2010.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo shakes hands with the Jamaican Ambassador to the Organization of American States, Audrey Marks, at the Organization of American States, in Washington, D.C on January 17, 2020.

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

Office of the Administrator - National Tribal Operations Committee Meeting , Environmental Protection Agency

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

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press conference with Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, July 20, 2019.

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

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

Flooding Tornado - Montgomery, Ala. , Feb. 2, 2012 Joe Girot (L), FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) signs the Federal - State agreement for assistance with Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (c) and the Director of Alabama Emergency Management Art Faulkner (r). FEMA is supporting the recovery from the severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding that damaged or destroyed parts of Alabama during the period of January 22-23, 2012. . Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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

Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic signs U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's guestbook before their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on February 9, 2018.

NASA Adminiistrator Charles F. Bolden, left, and Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), shake hands, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, after signing a Space Transportation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak meets with Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell at Hakirya, Tel Aviv, Israel, April 23, 2010.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH MINISTER LEE, CHINA AQSIQ

Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi signs the guest book, at the Department of State, on March 3, 2020.

Office of the Deputy Administrator - Memorandum of Understanding - Green Sports , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - BOEING SIGNING WITH CHINA

Mentmore, N.M., March 14, 2013 A confident FEMA Region IX Administrator Nancy Ward and Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly (seated from left to right) shake hands heartily after signing a precedent setting formal agreement to implement federal disaster assistance directly with the Sovereign Navajo Nation to assist with their recovery from severe freeze that occurred December 15, 2012 to January 21, 2013. This historic event marks the first FEMA-Tribal agreement implemented west of the Mississippi since the amendment of the Stafford Act that provides federally recognized tribal governments to make a request directly to the President for a major disaster declaration without going through a state government.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Peace Corps Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) , Environmental Protection Agency

International Trade Administration - PARTNERSHIP FOR PROSPERITY

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi signs U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's guestbook before their bilateral meeting and working lunch at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 2015.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi signs U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's guestbook before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 4, 2017.

Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana signs Secretary Michael R. Pompeo's guestbook, at the Department of State, September 19, 2018.

Office of the Secretary - BOEING SIGNING WITH CHINA

Anza, CA, May 10, 2011 ; (R) FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Sandy Coachman facilitates the signing of the FEMA ; Tribal Agreement with the (L) Cahuilla Band of Indians’ Tribal Chairman Luther Salgado, Sr. The tribal agreement will afford funding to help remediate damages on the Cahuilla reservation from a heavy rain storm in late December 2010. . California Winter Storms, Flooding, and Debris and Mud Flows. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Groom signing marriage certificate

Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi signs the guestbook during his visit to the U.S. Department of State to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington, D.C., on February 28, 2017.

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

Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita signs the Department of State guestbook before his bilateral meeting with Acting Secretary of State John Sullivan at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 3, 3018.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi signs the guest book at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 26, 2018.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Peace Corps Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) , Environmental Protection Agency

European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and European Commission Vice-President Josep Borrell signs Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken's guestbook at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 14, 2021.

Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide signs U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo's guestbook before their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 19, 2018.

Senegalese Prime Minister Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne signs U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo's guestbook at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 10, 2018.

Office of the Secretary - BOEING SIGNING WITH CHINA

Office of Enforcement and Compliance - Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - BOEING SIGNING WITH CHINA

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Central America Free Trade Agreement Trade Mission to El Salvador (Fusal, Amnet, Interiors, Ford Interview, Amcham Lunch, Bilat with Economy)

NASA Admin Signs Joint Statement with Space Agency of Ukraine . From left to right, Ukraine Deputy Minister of Economy, Ihor Fomenko, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Ambassador of Ukraine, Her Excellency Oksana Markarova, and Deputy Chairman of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Volodymyr Mikheiev, pose for a photo after Nelson and Mikheiev signed a joint statement on civil space cooperation between NASA and the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Friday April 21, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington DC.

Madrid 02-07-2007 signing by Alberto Ruiz Gallardon and Solitude Luca de Tena of the agreement between the city council and Abc.Vocento on the Transfer of the building that will house the Abc Collection Foundation of drawing and illustration photo Jaime Garcia Archdc.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez at Latin AM and Caribbean Conference (Hurricane Katrina)

Secretary Gale Norton, seated, with California Governor Gray Davis, second from left, and Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Bennett Raley, second from right, at Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Nevada signing of Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement on reduction in California use of River water

Secretary Gale Norton, seated, with California Governor Gray Davis, second from left, and Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Bennett Raley, second from right, at Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Nevada signing of Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement on reduction in California use of River water

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