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 ...

If you’re looking for simple, straightforward information, the federal government isn’t likely the first place you would turn. But some agencies are working to change that. Two prime examples are the ...

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 ...

The doctor speaks "medicalese," and the patient's eyes glaze over. Researchers noticed this familiar failure to communicate when health care researchers asked people to take part in studies. So they ...

President Obama signed the Plain Writing Act of 2010 into law on October 13, 2010. The new legislation will require federal government agencies to draw up a plain language action plan, and to train ...

Plain English Foundation editors, Dr Elizabeth Beach and Ms Emily Halloran, have been appointed to the judging panel of the ...

Drs. Jeanette Johnson, Elana J. Fertig, and Daniel Bergman review mathematical models and genomic data to simulate cancer cell growth. [University of Maryland School of Medicine] Researchers at ...

FDA commissioner Robert Califf has urged the clinical and biomedical community to step up efforts to counter vaccine misinformation with “accurate plain-language information” about the benefits and ...

Gorrell is an advocate for the deaf's rights, a former Republican Party election statistician, and a longtime congressional aide. Last week, the Ohio Ballot Board finalized the language of Issue 1, a ...

Plain language versus structure. That’s the debate the parties offer the court Tuesday morning in Kemp v. United States. The case involves a small detail of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure – the ...

City of Cambridge employees Crystal Rosa, right, and Bridget Martin, left, hold host language justice workshops with various city departments. (Photo courtesy Crystal Rosa) This is your first of three ...