diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/controller/FedSearchController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/controller/FedSearchController.java
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+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.search.controller;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.ApplicationBean;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.config.ConfigurationProperties;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues.ResponseValues;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.ApplicationDao;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.annotation.WebServlet;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequestWrapper;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+
+@WebServlet(name = "FedSearchController", urlPatterns = {"/FS.xml","/ctsasearch"} ) // fedsearch
+public class FedSearchController extends PagedSearchController {
+    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(FedSearchController.class);
+
+    private String classgroup;
+    private String populationType;
+
+    private String getClassgroup(HttpServletRequest req) {
+        if (classgroup == null) {
+            ConfigurationProperties configuration = ConfigurationProperties.getBean(req.getSession().getServletContext());
+            classgroup = configuration.getProperty("ctsa.classgroup", "http://vivoweb.org/ontology#vitroClassGrouppeople");
+        }
+
+        return classgroup;
+    }
+
+    private String getPopulationType(HttpServletRequest req) {
+        if (populationType == null) {
+            ConfigurationProperties configuration = ConfigurationProperties.getBean(req.getSession().getServletContext());
+            populationType = configuration.getProperty("ctsa.classgroup.type", "faculty,staff,students");
+        }
+
+        return populationType;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException {
+        StringBuffer url = request.getRequestURL();
+        String uri = request.getRequestURI();
+        String serverBase = url.substring(0, url.indexOf(uri));
+
+        if (request.getRequestURI().contains("FS.xml")) {
+            try {
+                VitroRequest vreq = new VitroRequest(request);
+                Map<String, Object> body = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+                response.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
+                response.setContentType("text/xml;charset=UTF-8");
+                response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=search.xml");
+
+                ApplicationDao aDao = vreq.getUnfilteredWebappDaoFactory().getApplicationDao();
+                ApplicationBean applicationForEditing = aDao.getApplicationBean();
+
+                body.put("ApplicationName", applicationForEditing.getApplicationName());
+                body.put("serverBase", serverBase);
+
+                writeTemplate("search-fs.ftl", body, request, response);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                log.error(e, e);
+            }
+        } else {
+            try {
+                Map<String, String[]> additionalParams = new TreeMap<>();
+
+                String classgroup = getClassgroup(request);
+
+                additionalParams.put("classgroup", new String[] { classgroup });
+
+                VitroRequest vreq = new VitroRequest(new RequestWrapper(request, additionalParams));
+                ResponseValues rvalues = processRequest(vreq);
+
+                response.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
+                response.setContentType("text/xml;charset=UTF-8");
+                response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=search.xml");
+                Map<String, Object> body = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+                body.putAll(rvalues.getMap());
+                body.put("serverBase", serverBase);
+                body.put("classgroup", classgroup);
+                body.put("populationType", getPopulationType(request));
+                writeTemplate("search-fsresult.ftl", body, request, response);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                log.error(e, e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class RequestWrapper extends HttpServletRequestWrapper {
+        private Map<String, String[]> allParameters = null;
+
+        public RequestWrapper(HttpServletRequest request, final Map<String, String[]> additionalParams) {
+            super(request);
+            allParameters = new TreeMap<String, String[]>();
+            allParameters.putAll(super.getParameterMap());
+            allParameters.putAll(additionalParams);
+            allParameters = Collections.unmodifiableMap(allParameters);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Map<String, String[]> getParameterMap() {
+            return allParameters;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getParameter(final String name) {
+            String[] strings = getParameterMap().get(name);
+            if (strings != null) {
+                return strings[0];
+            }
+            return super.getParameter(name);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Enumeration<String> getParameterNames() {
+            return Collections.enumeration(getParameterMap().keySet());
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String[] getParameterValues(final String name) {
+            return getParameterMap().get(name);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/webapp/src/main/webapp/templates/freemarker/body/search/search-fs.ftl b/webapp/src/main/webapp/templates/freemarker/body/search/search-fs.ftl
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+<#-- $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in LICENSE$ -->
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<site-description>
+   <name>${ApplicationName}</name>
+   <aggregate-query>${serverBase}${urls.base}/ctsasearch?querytext=</aggregate-query>
+</site-description>
diff --git a/webapp/src/main/webapp/templates/freemarker/body/search/search-fsresult.ftl b/webapp/src/main/webapp/templates/freemarker/body/search/search-fsresult.ftl
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+<#-- $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in LICENSE$ -->
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<aggregation-result>
+   <count>${hitCount}</count>
+   <population-type>${populationType}</population-type>
+   <preview-URL>${serverBase}${urls.base}/search?classgroup=${classgroup?url}&amp;querytext=${querytext?url}</preview-URL>
+   <search-results-URL>${serverBase}${urls.base}/search?classgroup=${classgroup?url}&amp;querytext=${querytext?url}</search-results-URL>
+</aggregation-result>