Plain Language: Improving Communications from the Federal Government to the Public


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President Obama signed the Plain Writing Act of 2010 Adobe Acrobat Reader icon in October 2010.

Clinton memorandum on Plain Language in Government Writing, 1998.

Guidelines implementing the presidential memo.

The National Institutes of Health's Plain Language Initiative requiring the use of plain language in all new documents.

Standard format for grant announcementsAdobe Acrobat Reader icon, from the Office of Management and Budget.

SEC handbook Adobe Acrobat Reader icon on creating clear financial-disclosure documents.

Walters v. Reno, 145 F.3d 1032 (9th Cir. 1998). Court decision that forms issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service were so confusing and misleading that they violated a person's due-process rights.

HIPPA Privacy Notices. Writing notices in plain language.

The Federal Aviation Administration, internal directive on plain language.

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