2014 Report Card
In 2014, we evaluated how effectively federal departments complied with the Plain Writing Act of 2010. We graded on three distinct elements: Compliance Writing Information Design Submissions We requested that…
2015 Report Card
…requirements of the Plain Writing Act. For example, many departments submitted a URL for their Plain Writing webpage and training provided to their employees in the past year. Show plans…
Federal Plain Language Report Card
…actual writing and a separate grade for how well the agency has complied with administrative requirements of the Plain Writing Act. We’ve looked at questions such as Does the agency…
On the event of Annetta’s “retirement”
…by President Obama Developed the annual Plain Writing Act Report Card measuring federal agency compliance with the Plain Writing Act. Since the report card gets a lot of media attention,…
Building and sustaining a culture of plain language – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
…quarterly email newsletter to the entire agency, sharing writing tips, upcoming training opportunities, and testimonials detailing results from using plain language. After the 2010 Plain Writing Act was signed, I…
2015 Report Card
…government agencies on their adherence to the Plain Writing Act of 2010. The yearly Federal Plain Language Report Card shows how well the agencies are doing, giving grades from A…
Center for Plain Language honors March of Dimes with the Grand ClearMark Award; Charles Schwab captures the Grand WonderMark Award
…language to teach plain language writing. The tone strikes the perfect chord of one professional talking to another. The writing is clear and the style guide uses headers, subheads, and…
Who makes the grade? Plain language report cards for federal agencies
USDA Gets an “A;” VA Gets an “F” on First Plain Writing Act Report Card Released Today by the Center for Plain Language Rep. Braley and the Center for Plain…
The time has come…
…pass the Plain Writing Act of 2010. Despite not including any enforcement provisions, the Act has been a powerful tool bringing about an evolution in the way the federal government…
Who Did the Grading?
…Chair of the Center for Plain Language. She led the effort for the 2010 Plain Writing Act and developed the Federal Report Card to measure its success. After writing government…
Who Did the Grading in 2019?
…Language. She led the effort for the 2010 Plain Writing Act and developed the Federal Report Card to measure its success. After writing government regulations in her early career, Annetta…
A note of thanks — and a few good things we’ve done
…benefits of plain language, and those efforts resulted in the Plain Writing Act of 2010. The Act requires Government agencies to use plain language in documents necessary for getting a…
Who Did the Grading in 2021?
…of the Center for Plain Language. She led the effort for the 2010 Plain Writing Act and developed the Federal Report Card to measure its success. After writing government regulations…
Teaching Plain Language: 5 Challenges
…up my goal of writing in plain language. Instead, I’m happy to revise to plain language. This, in fact, is my most effective teaching strategy. Rather than trying to beat…
Hill visit
…passing of the Plain Writing Act of 2010. Now, the Center is supporting a bill that Representative Braley introduced to the House of Representatives, the Plain Regulations Act of 2012….