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Monday, June 18, 2007

— Growing Initiative Uses On-Board Satellite Technology —

 

Houston, TX — June 18, 2007 — SCG The Select Carrier Group, a U.S.-based ground transportation carrier providing for-hire LTL, FTL and Fleet services, today announced it has joined the AMBER Alert Highway Network, an initiative to help recover abducted children.  The AMBER Alert Highway Network, a collaboration with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) and QUALCOMM Incorporated and supported by the American Trucking Associations, is the first secondary-distribution initiative to direct AMBER Alerts to professional truck drivers who are near the Alert area.

“Together with our owner operator fleet, SCG has a deep commitment to the communities in which we live and serve.  We consider it a privilege to participate in such an admirable cause and are proud to play a part in the AMBER Alert Highway Network,” said Ronald E. Talley, president of SCG. 

 

SCG joins the growing number of transportation and logistics companies committed to the safety of America’s children.  The new initiative has the potential to add thousands of trucks and drivers to the AMBER Alert Highway Network.  Combined, the member companies dispatch more than 35,000 drivers across the country every day.  SCG’s QUALCOMM-equipped drivers will participate while on the roads of the U.S.

 

“QUALCOMM is proud to work with NCMEC, SCG and their owner operators across the country to help locate abducted children,” said Joan Waltman, president of QUALCOMM Wireless Business Solutions.  “We’re honored to help serve the community and work alongside our partners in this noble cause.”  

 

Secondary methods of AMBER Alert distribution such as the AMBER Alert Highway Network, which delivers Alerts through QUALCOMM’s OmniTRACS® mobile communications system and OmniVision™ mobile computing platform, assist in achieving the overall goals of the AMBER Alert program – to notify as many people as possible about a recent child abduction; provide information that can help in the search for the abducted child, suspected abductor, and/or suspected vehicle; and aid in the return of the child.  For drivers to receive Alerts through on-board communications solutions, transportation carriers must be enrolled in the AMBER Alert Highway Network.  For more information about the AMBER Alert Highway Network and instructions to enroll, please visit www.qualcomm.com/qwbs or call 1-800-348-7227.

 

“Truck drivers have already proven to be a valuable asset in monitoring the nation’s roads for missing children.  This technology increases the reach and therefore the effectiveness of AMBER Alerts,” said NCMEC president and CEO Ernie Allen.  “Just one driver knowing what to look for on the road could assist law enforcement in the safer recovery of an abducted child.”

 

Each of the 50 United States has a statewide AMBER Alert program, as do the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.  Since the program’s inception in 1997, AMBER Alerts have been credited with the successful recovery of more than 330 children.


SCG, The Select Carrier Group, provides ground transportation services including less than truckload, truckload and dedicated fleet services throughout the
USA. SCG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of EGL, Inc., a global supply chain management, transportation and information services company. The Company’s shares are traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol “EAGL”. For more information and a contact directory, visit http://www.selectscg.com


NCMEC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.  NCMEC’s congressionally mandated CyberTipline, a reporting mechanism for child sexual exploitation, has handled more than 475,000 leads.  Since its establishment in 1984, NCMEC has assisted law enforcement with more than 130,300 missing child cases, resulting in the recovery of more than 112,900 children.  For more information about NCMEC, call its toll-free, 24-hour hotline at 1-800-THE-LOST or visit its web site at www.missingkids.com. 

 

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