For Immediate Release: January 22, 2008

FBI PRESENTS DIRECTOR'S COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD
TO FBI LOS ANGELES INFRAGARD PRESIDENT RICHARD L. JONES

An award given annually by FBI Director Robert S. Mueller to recognize individuals and organizations for their various contributions to the community was presented to Richard L. Jones at a ceremony held in Los Angeles, announced Salvador Hernandez, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI in Los Angeles. Mr. Jones is the President and CEO of the FBI's InfraGard Alliance in Los Angeles. InfraGard is a partnership between the FBI and the private sector dedicated to sharing information to prevent hostile acts against the United States. InfraGard members include businesses, academic institutions, state and local law enforcement agencies, and other participants. InfraGard was started in Cleveland in 1996 as a local effort to gain support from the information technology industry and academia for the FBI's investigative efforts in the cyber arena. The program quickly grew nationally and after September 11th, the InfraGard mission was expanded to include physical threats, as well as cyber threats to the critical infrastructures. There are more than 700 members in the Los Angeles InfraGard Alliance who correspond daily and meet routinely to carry out their mission. "Mr. Jones has contributed his time, as well as his business and organizational skills to the InfraGard mission, helping to bring at least 250 new members from some of the most critical entities in the Los Angeles region to the InfraGard Alliance. Mr. Jones tirelessly ensures that the relationship between members of InfraGard and the FBI meets its full potential in furtherance of the FBI's mission of protecting the nation's infrastructure and the American people, said Salvador Hernandez, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI in Los Angeles." To learn more about InfraGard, or to join, please visit www.infragard.net. The FBI Director's Community Leadership Award was formally created in 1990 as a way to honor individuals and organizations for their efforts in combating crime, terrorism, drugs and violence in America. Each of the FBI's 56 Field Offices selects an organization or individual who has contributed greatly to crime, terrorism, drug, and/or violence prevention and education in their community. The Los Angeles Field Office of the FBI has federal jurisdiction in Southern California, covering 40,000 square miles encompassing the seven countries of the Central District of California - Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino and Riverside. The Central District of California is the most populous federal district in the country with more than 18 million residents. Mr. Jones is the President/CEO of Management 2000, Inc., a crisis management and information security firm; and is an Adjunct Professor in the Executive MBA program at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.