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Since 2012, the Center for Plain Language has proudly issued a yearly report card evaluating how well federal agencies comply with the Plain Writing Act of 2010. This year, for the 12th Federal Plain Language Report Card, we reviewed 10 high-impact service providers to see how they’re making important information clear, accessible, and easy to […]

This is the 11th time the Center for Plain Language has issued a yearly Report Card evaluating how well agencies follow the Plain Writing Act. We evaluated 21 Executive Branch agencies, including all 15 cabinet-level departments. Agencies earned grades between A and F for both organizational compliance, covering the staffing, training, and annual reporting required […]

Compliance Grades, 2012 -2021 Writing Grades, 2012-2021  

This is the 10th time the Center for Plain Language has issued a yearly Report Card evaluating how well agencies follow the Plain Writing Act. For this 10th anniversary, we evaluated 21 Executive Branch agencies, including all 15 cabinet-level departments. Agencies earned grades between A and F for both organizational compliance, covering the staffing, training, […]

  A decade ago, Congress passed the Plain Writing Act to ensure that people can understand the information they receive from federal agencies. Since 2012, the Center for Plain Language has issued a yearly report card evaluating how well agencies follow this law.   This year we evaluated 20 Executive Branch agencies, including all 15 cabinet-level […]

Background and Methodology In 2010, Congress passed the Plain Writing Act to ensure that people can understand the information they receive from federal agencies. Since 2012, the Center for Plain Language has issued a yearly report card evaluating how well agencies follow this law. This year, we evaluated 21 Executive Branch agencies, including all 15 […]