FCC Launches New ‘Intuitive’ Website

The FCC today launched a complete overhaul of the agency’s website, FCC.gov. Now designed with a more intuitive user experience and the addition of Web 2.0 technologies, the new site is an attempt to improve and simplify the FCC.gov experience for consumers, government, public safety agencies and the business community. This is the first major update to the site in 10 years.

The launch of the new site, available today at http://beta.fcc.gov and linked off the existing home page, marks “a significant step forward in FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s initiatives to continuously improve and modernize the way the public interacts with the commission and the federal government,” according to the agency.

Since Genachowski took office, the FCC has utilized Web 2.0 technologies — such as official agency blogs; multimedia and social media outlets; and opening the agency’s processes via online participation platforms — in reforming the agency. This process has generated hundreds of thousands of  comments and interactions from across the country. The FCC’s new media team will continue updating the beta FCC.gov site throughout 2011 with the help of public input through the public engagement and participation features in the new FCC.gov, as well as the agency’s social media outlets.

“This FCC is empowering consumers and businesses to get the most out of technology,” said Genachowski. “The launch of the new FCC.gov keeps us at the forefront of innovation, and delivers on our promise to move at the speed of high-tech change.”