Dr. Annetta L. Cheek This is Me
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Center for Plain Language
Washington, District of Columbia
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1. www.govexec.com
www.govexec.com/features/0708- - [Cached]Published on: 7/1/2008 Last Visited: 7/9/2008
For more than 15 years, the chief flogger for clear government communication has been Annetta Cheek, chairwoman of the Center for Plain Language.Cheek retired from the Federal Aviation Administration last year to advocate for the plain language bill.She and her colleagues lobby lawmakers in part by skewering particularly wordy federal documents, then showing how the language improves under plain language practices.
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During the Clinton administration, Cheek coordinated an assault on bureaucratic language that was launched as part of Gore's reinventing government effort.The group's current push for plain language is a descendent of the Gore effort.He awarded a Gobbledygook Elimination Prize to federal employees who effectively clarified public documents, and President Clinton ordered agencies to use plain language in new documents, including letters, forms and notices.
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Today, plain language programs remain in pockets of the government where they have become ingrained in office culture, according to Cheek.The National Institutes of Health, the Veterans Benefits Administration, FAA and the Social Security Administration all have maintained programs.
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"It's pretty clear that agencies aren't going to do anything unless they have to," Cheek says. -
2. Plain Language at Work Newsletter— 10 April 2006
www.impact-information.com/imp - [Cached]Published on: 4/10/2006 Last Visited: 1/30/2008
Dr. Annetta Cheek, Vice-Chair, Center for Plain Language Professor Joseph Kimble, Law Professor, Thomas Cooley Law School
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Dr. Cheek said in her testimony:
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Cheek: government has a higher responsibility -
3. About the Center | Center for Plain Language
www.centerforplainlanguage.org - [Cached]Published on: 3/27/2008 Last Visited: 3/27/2008
Annetta Cheek, Chair
