Say what?
October 24, 2011
The Plain Language Writing Act of 2010 went into effect October 13, 2011. My wish is that with time, we will see far fewer sentences like the one below. And yes, it is one sentence!
“To the extent reasonable and consistent with the goals of providing easily understandable and readable materials and complying with federal and state laws governing the programs, all written materials relating to services and determinations of eligibility for or amounts of benefits that will be given to applicants for or recipients of assistance under a program administered or supervised by the commissioner of employment and economic development must be understandable to a person of average intelligence and education.”
Here’s to a future of no gobbledygook!
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