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<\/p>\nNew York – Rashad Alkhader – homeland News – From News- FBI<\/p>\n
On September 22, FBI Director Christopher Wray announced the recipients of the 31st Annual Director\u2019s Awards for Excellence, recognizing FBI employees and partners for extraordinary performance in furtherance of the FBI\u2019s mission to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution. The annual awards recognize distinguished service, operational excellence, and innovation with the FBI.<\/p>\n
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\u201cToday, our nation faces threats of unprecedented scope and diversity\u2014and the expectations placed on the FBI have never been greater,\u201d Director Wray said. \u201cYet the people of the FBI continue to meet\u2014and exceed\u2014those expectations, every day. This year\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
This year, 222 FBI employees received awards, while 43 non-FBI individuals\u2014including task force officers, assistant U.S. attorneys, and other federal and international partner agency employees\u2014were also honored for their work.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s information is more centralized and accessible; and brought data insights into the FBI\u2019s diversity recruitment and hiring efforts.<\/p>\n
The awards are given in 27 categories, including:<\/p>\n
Distinguished Service for Assisting Victims of Crime
\nDistinguished Service to the Law Enforcement Community
\nExcellence in Innovation
\nExcellence in Intelligence Analysis
\nExcellence in International Operations
\nExcellence in Investigation
\nExcellence in Investigative Support
\nExcellence in Leadership
\nExceptional Public Service
\nExcellence in Program Management
\nExcellence in Support of the Integrity and Compliance Program
\nExcellence in the HUMINT Program
\nExcellence in Training and Professional Development
\nOutstanding Counterintelligence Investigation
\nOutstanding Counterterrorism Investigation
\nOutstanding Criminal Investigation
\nOutstanding Information Management
\nOutstanding Scientific Advancement
\nDistinguished Service by a New Employee; Outstanding Service by a Federal Wage Grade System Employee
\nOutstanding Service in Diversity and Inclusion
\nOutstanding Technical Advancement
\nDistinguished Service by a Professional Staff Employee
\nSustained Distinguished Service
\nThe Manuel J. Gonzalez Ethics Award
\nThomas E. DuHadway Humanitarian Award<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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