National Center for Missing and Exploited Children selects NavigationArts for application redesign

MCLEAN, VIRGINIA, September 4, 2006 — The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has chosen NavigationArts, a leading user experience design consultancy, to redesign its case tracking and knowledge base application.

NCMEC is employing Unicenter Service Desk from Computer Associates as the technology platform. NavigationArts will be working with the user interface developers toolkit to customize the out-of-the-box experience to NCMEC’s requirements, including incorporating NCMEC’s branding and messaging. The project will help the NCMEC present a consistent experience both within the company and to the public.

“We are proud to help the NCMEC perform its vital mission” said Leo Mullen, Chief Executive Officer of NavigationArts. “By building flexibility into our design, we will deliver a product to cost-effectively serve the Center’s long-term needs—so it can concentrate on helping children.”

Expected completion of the five-week project is October, 2006. The cost of the contract was not disclosed.

About NavigationArts

NavigationArts (www.navigationarts.com) is a strategic consultancy that provides Internet strategy, usability, information architecture, interface design, and development services. The firm applies its expertise to optimize the online user experience, driving business value for marketing, communications and commerce.

About the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)

The NCMEC has a stated mission to “help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation; help find missing children; and assist victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families, and the professionals who serve them.” NCMEC was established in 1984 as a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization to provide services nationwide for families and professionals in the prevention of abducted, endangered, and sexually exploited children.