GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: FBI Redesigns 'Most Wanted' Site

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: Information Week

24February2011 9:00pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has redesigned its "Most Wanted" Web site, bolstering it with new features and organizational tools to improve how people can search for fugitives the agency is seeking to apprehend.

The move follows a redesign of the FBI site itself, as the agency continues efforts to improve transparency and how it engages with the public to meet the demands of the Obama administration's Open Government Directive.

The revamped Most Wanted site now allows people to not only view fugitive and missing-person mug shots, but also use search criteria -- such as location, gender, type of crime, reward, and even postal codes -- to narrow and focus what they are looking for. The FBI has about 600 open cases on its Web site of people it's seeking. (read full report)

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