Writing in plain English means writing in a simple and straightforward manner that lets you reach the widest possible audience. When you write in plain English, you avoid technical jargon and any type ...

Have you ever gotten an email and you don't have the faintest idea what the writer wants you to do? Well now there's a place for that email to go. You can enter it in the Center for Plain Language’s ...

Federal agencies must use plain language. It’s the law. Yet the new 2017 US Government Website Clarity Index (pdf), put together by the content analysis company Visible Thread, shows that many sites ...

Tuesday's Plain Dealer contained an article on the Plain Writing Act ("U.S. push to simplify language hits snags"), which requires government officials to "communicate more conversationally with the ...

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 ...