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Event: American Horizons: A conversation with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Breitbart's Matthew Boyle
Start Date: 2025-03-19 13:15:00 +0000 End Date: 2025-03-19 14:15:00 +0000 Organizer: scheduling_interior <scheduling_interior@ios.doi.gov> Location: Waldorf Astoria Washington DC; "The Library" Categories: ,Speaking Class: X-PERSONAL Date Created: 2025-03-05 03:03:49 +0000 Date Modified: 2025-03-19 16:27:34 +0000 Priority: 5 Attach: SecretaryBurgumBreitbartEventForm.docx; SecretaryBurgumBreitbartEventForm.docx Alarm: Display the following message 15m before start
Reminder
Event Title: Please note if the event is weekly, monthly, annual, etc. Event Time:
Event Location:
American Horizons: a conversation with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Breitbart's Matthew Boyle
Event Total Time: 9 AM - 11 AM Exact Speaking Time: 30-45 minutes Speech/Remarks Length: N/A
Start around 9:30am-9:45am Virtual Platform: Link:
OR Venue: Waldorf Astoria -- "The Library" Address: 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW City & State: Washington, DC 20004
Contact information:
Organizing Contact(s): Day of Contact(s):
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Identify if organizing and day of contact(s) is the same or different
Name: Matt Sparks Email: sparks@buildalfa.org Phone: 202-365-4995
Name: Email: Phone:
Brief event description and purpose:
Description (please identify whether the event is a fundraising event): An "on the record" conversation with Secretary Burgum and Breitbart media's Matthew Boyle.
Purpose: To understand the priorities of the Department of the Interior's energy policies.
Identify the desired role of the Secretary.
Roles (select one): Keynote Panelist Brief Remarks (opening/closing) Attendee Only Other: One on one conversation with Breitbart's Matthew Boyle
If you are requesting remarks, are there any
N/A
specific issues you would like the Secretary to
highlight/address in his remarks?
If the Secretary is not able to attend, is a
No
surrogate desired?
If yes, anyone specific?
HOST AND SPONSOR
Who are the event host(s)? Please identify and provide background on the event host(s) as well as any other organization involved in the Event.
Host(s): Breitbart media ALFA Institute CGCN
Background:
Is the event host a registered lobbyist or lobbying organization, registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, partisan political candidates; and/or a representative of a partisan political party or group?
Yes, the CGCN is a registered lobbying organization. Additionally, the ALFA Institute is a 501(c)(4) group.
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If yes, please identify.
Is the event host seeking or does it currently
No
have any business interests with the
Department such as permits, contracts,
litigation, grants, etc.?
If yes, please describe.
Who are the sponsors of the event? Please identify and provide background information on the individual and/or entity.
Sponsors(s): TBD TBD
Background:
AUDIENCE
Approximately how many people are expected 100 to attend the event?
Please describe the target audience of the event: elected officials, local community leaders, academics, industry representatives, public sector representatives, etc.
Industry representatives, congressional staffers, nonprofits, influence makers.
Will the attendees at the event include persons with a diversity of views or interests, or representatives from throughout an industry or profession, or the range of persons interested in a matter?
The attendees will interested in hearing about the Secretary's priorities and will likely be involved in energy policy.
If yes, please describe.
Other Invited/Confirmed Participants:
1. Please list and identify other VIPs or speakers confirmed/invited and in what role.
*If Applicable: please list and identify other Department personnel that have been invited/confirmed and in what role. Is the event open to the public?
If not, please describe who is invited.
Confirmed: N/A
Invited: N/A
The event will be open to the public but given space restraints we will cap attendance to 100.
REMARKS
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What is the set-up for the remarks and/or discussion? Will he be sharing the stage, moderated discussion, Q&A session, etc.
*PLEASE ATTACH the event schedule outlining any speaking order and remark timetables. A draft version works well.
It will be a live discussion between Matthew Boyle and the Secretary. There will be no audience Q&A with the Secretary.
What is the public registration/ticket fee to attend/participate in the event?
The event is free of charge for the attendees.
Is the event open or closed to press?
COMMUNICATIONS Open press.
If open, are you expecting local, trade, state, or national news coverage?
We expect trade media to register to attend.
If this is an annual event, which news outlets No. typically cover the event?
Will you be advertising or live streaming the event on any social media outlets?
If yes, please explain.
Yes, it will be advertised and streamed on breitbart.com. Additional advertising social media is also likely through the ALFA Institute.
LOGISTICS/OTHER*
Please supply any other pertinent background information for the event, including draft agendas, event website, promotional/ advertising materials, outreach plan, history of the event, prior attendance by DOI officials, etc.
9 AM - 9:25 AM: Guests arrive. Networking and coffee.
9:25 AM - 9:27 AM: Welcome remarks
9:30 AM - 10 AM: Secretary Burgum and Matthew Boyle conversation on stage
10:10 AM - 10:45 AM: Panel discussion. Participants TBD
10:50 AM: Closing remarks
11:00 AM: Program concludes
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What does the invitation
Invitation includes coffee, breakfast pastries, and
include: registration/conference event fee; meals attendance for the event.
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or refreshments; receptions or other entertainment; informational materials; award; memento or token of appreciation; and/or travel (ground or air transportation, hotel, etc.).
Does all or part of the invitation to the Secretary extend to other Department staff such as security, advance, and/or those staff essential to the Secretary's participation in the event?
Yes. The Secretary is welcome to activate any personnel needed for his attendance.
If yes, please identify.
Does the invitation include a plus one?
No.
If yes, will others in attendance generally be accompanied by a spouse or other guest?
What is the monetary value of the invitation
None.
offered to the Secretary (and his plus one and/or
essential staff as appropriate)?
Please identify how the monetary value was determined, including any travel costs, registration/ticket fee to attend/participate in the event, entertainment, meal costs, etc. (Please attach separate sheet if necessary.)
Any additional notes or information?
No.
*IMPORTANT NOTE: The purpose of these questions is to elicit information relevant to the ethics analysis and is not a solicitation or request for anything of value by the Department or any of its employees.
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