CFPB issues third annual Plain Writing Act compliance report
The CFPB has issued its third annual Plain Writing Act compliance report. The CFPB has issued its third annual Plain Writing Act compliance report. …read more
Almost 95% of adults want Government to cut the jargon
The plain people of Ireland want plain English — and that’s official. Research commissioned by the National Adult Literacy Agency found that almost 95% of Irish adults are in favour of doing away with jargon, small print, and gobbledygook.…read more
Politicians and experts 'should face ban on gobbledegook phrases'
Politicians and experts should be banned from using "gobbledegook phrases" in their efforts to get more people involved in their communities, MSPs have heard. Discussion over the Scottish Government's Community Empowerment Bill has included phrases such a…read more
Limp language masks a tough budget
The budget speech could have been open about the need to break promises, but instead it evaded the issue through soft euphemism and weasel words, writes Neil James It's no surprise the Treasurer is having some awkward moments selling his Budget. A quick l…read more
The Jargon Trap
A few years ago, while immersed in graduate studies in public health at the University of California, Berkeley, I wrote an article for a well-known general interest magazine about the H.I.V. epidemic among gay men in developing countries. I’d been a newsp…read more
Does EPA fail to communicate?
According to a new report by the Center for Plain Languages (CPL), a nonprofit group devoted to plain writing, most federal agencies are failing to communicate with the public…read more
Newly Insured Americans Don’t Understand Basic Healthcare Terms
An estimated 14 percent of English-speaking adults in the United States have below-basic literacy, or an inability to perform simple reading tasks…read more
The Essence of Cool in Canada
Groovy. Rad. Sick. Sweet. These are all words that have been cool at one time or another, but…read more
Am I making myself clear?
Alan Alda, actor, director, writer, and founding member of the Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University, has had a lifelong interest in science…read more