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 ...

It’s not a new idea. The ADA was signed July 26, 1990, and there have been U.S. efforts to use plain language in governments since the 1970s.