A Study of the Plain Writing Act of 2010: Federal Agency, Writer, and User Appropriations of U.S. Plain Language Policy

On October 13, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Plain Writing Act of 2010 into law. It requires federal government agencies to use plain writing in all "covered" documents "the agency issues or substantially revises" (Sec. 4 (b)). The goal of the Plain Writing Act is to &q...

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Main Author: Kerr, Kathleen T.
Other Authors: English
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50426