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 ...

Write short sentences. Avoid jargon. Use short, simple words. Those are some of the writing tips offered from a new federal Web page offering guidance to agencies on how to comply with the new Plain ...

Government agencies that implement plain language in the design of digital content and products can improve user experience, accessibility and inclusion, which speakers underlined at the Digital.gov ...

A recent study from the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University — called The Formality Effect — is providing a new perspective on effective government communications. The main finding is that ...

Ola M. Tucker discusses the importance of clear, plain-language compliance writing as a risk-management tool, particularly as ...

Federal regulations are notoriously hard to understand, but this week a government agency took yet another step in simplifying complex language. OMB Workforce Management Federal regulations can be a ...

George Orwell, the author of the classic novel 1984, was also famous for insisting on clear and concise writing. His “writing rules” set a standard that contract writers would do well to heed. For ...

This is the first time ProPublica has produced a translation into plain language. We’ve increasingly seen newsrooms experiment with accessibility, including The New York Times’ Braille and audio ...