Director Wray Honors FBI Employees and Partners for the 31st Annual Director’s Awards for Excellence

New York – Rashad Alkhader – homeland News – From News- FBI

On September 22, FBI Director Christopher Wray announced the recipients of the 31st Annual Director’s Awards for Excellence, recognizing FBI employees and partners for extraordinary performance in furtherance of the FBI’s mission to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution. The annual awards recognize distinguished service, operational excellence, and innovation with the FBI.

“Today, our nation faces threats of unprecedented scope and diversity—and the expectations placed on the FBI have never been greater,” Director Wray said. “Yet the people of the FBI continue to meet—and exceed—those expectations, every day. This year’s award recipients have raised the bar once again; what we honor today is work hat stands out among the many examples of public service we see throughout the Bureau.”

This year, 222 FBI employees received awards, while 43 non-FBI individuals—including task force officers, assistant U.S. attorneys, and other federal and international partner agency employees—were also honored for their work.

Among the awardees are FBI employees and law enforcement partners who identified and stopped terrorists and foreign spies; helped identify victims of child sexual exploitation and find and arrest the perpetrators; thwarted malign foreign influence campaigns; confronted violent gangs and transnational criminal organizations; undertook a complex project to ensure the FBI’s information is more centralized and accessible; and brought data insights into the FBI’s diversity recruitment and hiring efforts.

The awards are given in 27 categories, including:

Distinguished Service for Assisting Victims of Crime
Distinguished Service to the Law Enforcement Community
Excellence in Innovation
Excellence in Intelligence Analysis
Excellence in International Operations
Excellence in Investigation
Excellence in Investigative Support
Excellence in Leadership
Exceptional Public Service
Excellence in Program Management
Excellence in Support of the Integrity and Compliance Program
Excellence in the HUMINT Program
Excellence in Training and Professional Development
Outstanding Counterintelligence Investigation
Outstanding Counterterrorism Investigation
Outstanding Criminal Investigation
Outstanding Information Management
Outstanding Scientific Advancement
Distinguished Service by a New Employee; Outstanding Service by a Federal Wage Grade System Employee
Outstanding Service in Diversity and Inclusion
Outstanding Technical Advancement
Distinguished Service by a Professional Staff Employee
Sustained Distinguished Service
The Manuel J. Gonzalez Ethics Award
Thomas E. DuHadway Humanitarian Award