Re: AT&T Tech Comm Fail

[Eva Whitley <Eva -dot- Whitley -at- noaa -dot- gov>]

I don't know why those links don't work, other than I posted on a full 
moon or something. Anyway, the government is aware they have a problem 
and is trying to deal with it: 
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/write/plain-language/

Here at Weather Service, we try to write the manuals so our people can 
use them.

Dan Goldstein wrote:
> Both those links gave me blank pages. Do you have alternates?
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Eva Whitley
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 1:14 PM
>> Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>> Subject: Re: AT&T Tech Comm Fail
>>
>> Ah, but unlike AT&T, we're trying to fix this problem. See
>> http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.03548: and
>> http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SN02291:
>>
>> And those of us who work on government documentation who are 
>> fighting the good fight for better writing.
>>
>>     
>
>
>   

-- 
Eva Whitley, ETOSS Contract
301-713-1833x191
SSMC-2, 16129

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