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Progress and efforts to comply with the Act will be posted annually in our compliance reports.
The Plain Writing Act of 2010 requires 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, Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government.
The Department of Defense is committed to writing new documents in plain language, using the Federal Plain Language Guidelines in accordance with the Office Management and Budget Memorandum M_11-15, "Final Guidance on Implementing the Plain Writing Act of 2010."
As Acting Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense (CMO), Lisa Hershman is the Senior DoD Official for plain language. DoD policy for implementing the Plain Writing Act of 2010 can be found in DoD Instruction 5025.13, "DoD Plain Language Program."
DoD has organized a committee of Plain Language points of contact from different Components and organizations within DoD to:
Download the attached PDF to submit a DoD form for plain language review: Plain Language Document Review Form.
DoD Instruction 5025.13
The DoD Plain Language Implementation Plan, DoDI 5025.13, has been published on the DoD Issuances Website.