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Dear Government: Make Yourself Plain

On the MediaApril 27, 2012
Hear the broadcast of Dear Government: Make Yourself Plain (5:58)


Government writing is so obtuse, so bloated with legalese that the government decided to police itself with the Plain Writing Act of 2010. That act says that the Executive Branch should, you know, write more clearly. Host Bob Garfield speaks with former government employee Dr. Annetta Cheek who began advocating for clearer government writing after seeing a single, beautifully clear regulation.

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