{"id":2205,"date":"2018-09-10T13:41:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T17:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"\/?page_id=2205"},"modified":"2024-01-02T09:56:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T13:56:13","slug":"plain-language-guidelines-plan-and-report","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/about-the-fmc\/plain-language-guidelines-plan-and-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Plain Language Guidelines, Plan, and Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Plain Language Guidelines, Plan, and Report<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/PLAW-111publ274\/pdf\/PLAW-111publ274.pdf\">The Plain Writing Act of 2010<\/a>\u00a0requires federal agencies to write “clear Government communication that the public can understand and use.” President Obama also emphasized the importance of establishing “a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration” in his January 21, 2009,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/omb\/memoranda\/2011\/m11-15.pdf\">Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The FMC is committed to writing new documents in plain language by October 2011, using the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.plainlanguage.gov\/howto\/guidelines\/bigdoc\/TOC.cfm\">Federal Plain Language Guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We need your help to comply with this Act!\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:secretary@fmc.gov\">Email us<\/a>\u00a0if you have trouble understanding our documents or the pages on our website.<\/p>\n<p>We have assigned staff to oversee our plain language efforts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:secretary@fmc.gov\">David Eng<\/a>, Secretary (202-523-5725), Senior Agency Official for Plain Writing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We\u2019re training our employees and have strengthened our oversight process.<\/p>\n<p>We must use plain language in any document that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>is necessary for obtaining any federal government benefit or service or filing taxes;<\/li>\n<li>provides information about any federal government benefit or service; or<\/li>\n<li>explains to the public how to comply with a requirement that the federal government administers or enforces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PlainWritingComplianceReport2021.pdf\">Plain Writing Act of 2010 Compliance Report – November 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PlainWritingCompliance2020.pdf\">Plain Writing Act of 2010 Compliance Report – October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/PlainWritingComplianceReport2019.pdf\">Plain Writing Act of 2010 Compliance Report – September 27, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PlainWritingReport2018.pdf\">Plain Writing Act of 2010 Compliance Report – November 19, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PlainWriting2017.pdf\">Plain Writing Act of 2010 Compliance Report – September 29, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PlainWritingComplianceReport2016.pdf\">Plain Writing Act of 2010 Compliance Report – September 29, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PlainWritingReport2015.pdf\">Plain Writing Act of 2010 Compliance Report – September 29, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PlainWritingReport2014.pdf\">Plain Writing Act of 2010 Compliance Report – September 29, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PlainWritingReport2013.pdf\">Plain Writing Act of 2010 Compliance Report – August 26, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Plain_Writing_Compliance_Report_041212.pdf\">Plain Writing Act of 2010 Compliance Report – April 13, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PlainWritingAct_Plan_ComplianceReport_071311.pdf\">Plain Writing Act of 2010 Plan and Compliance Report – July 13, 2011<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plain Language Guidelines, Plan, and Report The Plain Writing Act of 2010\u00a0requires federal agencies to write “clear Government communication that the public can understand and use.” President Obama also emphasized the importance of establishing “a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration” in his January 21, 2009,\u00a0Memorandum on Transparency and... <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"\/about-the-fmc\/plain-language-guidelines-plan-and-report\/\">Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2205"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2205"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8087,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2205\/revisions\/8087"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}