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 ...

The Office of Management and Budget published preliminary guidelines on Monday to help federal agencies meet the requirements set out in the 2010 Plain Writing Act. The law requires OMB to produce a ...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Labrador, a global communication firm specializing in regulated disclosure documents, releases study in partnership with BVA Group, a fast-growing research and consulting ...

The Office of Personnel Management released a plain language training guide developed by the National Institutes of Health to help federal agencies write most documents in regular language that can be ...

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 ...

I’ve long been a fan of plain text for everything from notes to general writing, but it wasn’t until recently that I found my holy grail: An app that could sync with multiple devices and handle ...

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 ...