Plain language and formal communications can effectively work together. “Removing bureaucratic language or complex language doesn’t necessarily have to go hand in hand with being informal ...

Social Security achieved the highest score of any federal government agency on the Center for Plain Language’s 2022 Federal Plain Language Report Card. Our policies and programs can sometimes be ...

What is the great hidden cost of doing business and carrying on the government? Poor communication. And the numbers are staggering. Anyone who needs proof can find it in the just-published second ...

Twenty-two states have enacted plain language laws for ballot measures, according to Ballotpedia. Returning to Ohio, the proposed amendment aims to end partisan gerrymandering.

Reading Time: < 1 minute To make this story more accessible to a wide range of readers, we are including a plain language version, translated by Rebecca Monteleone. Plain language is a writing style ...

The new Plain Language Bill now before parliament aims to make this more than just an ideal. Comprehensible information from government organisations, it argues, is a basic democratic right.