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Agency programs and contacts

The Act was signed in October 2010, but some federal agencies have been promoting the use of plain language for years. (If you don’t see your agency’s program listed here, contact us so we can include it.)

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    Senior official

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    Senior official

    • Gena Chieco, Executive Secretary and Counsel to the Director
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    Senior official

    • Amy Borgstrom, Senior Agency Official for Plain Language

    Contact

  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Jerry Mande, Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services

    Contact

  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Parker Sheedy, Special Assistant and Editor
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    Senior official

    • Michael L. Rhodes, Director of Administration and Management
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    Senior official

    • Cynthia Dorfman, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Communication Services
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    Senior official

    • Ingrid A. Kolb, Director, Office of Management

    Contact

  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Oliver Potts, Deputy Executive Secretary and Plain Writing Coordinator
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    Senior official

    • Dr. Kimberly O’Connor, Executive Secretary

    Contact

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    Senior official

    • Meghan Conklin, Associate Deputy Secretary
  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Michael H. Allen, Deputy Assistant Attorney General
  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Kathleen E. Franks, Director of Regulatory and Programmatic Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy (OASP)
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    Senior official

    • Patrick Kennedy, Under Secretary for Management

    Contact

  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Carol C. Darr, Director, Executive Secretariat
  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Rebecca Ewing, Deputy Executive Secretary
  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Tonia Bock, Executive Secretary
  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Eric Wachter, Director of the Office of the Executive Secretariat in the Office of the Administrator
  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Mike Stokke, Director of Congressional and Public Affairs

    Contact

  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Howard Parnell, Chief, Web and Print Publishing Division
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    Senior official

    • Gregg Scott, Assistant Staff Director, Information Division
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    Senior official

    • Mary O'Driscoll, Press Secretary and Director of Media Relations
  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Carrie Johnson, Senior Advisor
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    Senior official

    • Karen V. Gregory, Secretary
  • Senior official

    • Christian S. White, Deputy General Counsel
  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • LaKeisha McClendon, Chief Learning Officer

    Contact

  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Mark McHale, Associate Administrator for the Office of Strategic Communications

    Contact

  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Elizabeth Holtan, Communications Manager

    Contact

  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Terry Lemons, Chief, Communications & Liaison
  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Larry Box, Head, Executive Secretariat

    Contact

  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Maria Stanwich, Senior Official for Plain Writing
  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Barry Socks, Chief Operating Officer
  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • John Kutchey, Deputy Executive Director
  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Don Ball, Assistant Director, Office of Public Affairs
  • Plain language resources

    Contact

  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Darren B. Ash, Deputy Executive Director for Corporate Management
  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Donald G. Shalhoub, Chief Counsel to the Chairman
  • Senior official

    • Lauren Wright, Assistant Director for Management and Operations
  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Christopher J. Bavasi, Executive Director

    Contact

  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Jozetta Robinson, Director of the Executive Secretariat
    • Jackie Koszczuk, Director, Office of Communications
  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • J. Jioni Palmer, Senior Advisor and Director of Communications and Public Affairs
  • Plain language resources

    Senior official

    • Lori J. Schock, Director, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy
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    Senior official

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    Senior official

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    Contact

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    Senior official

    • Angelique Crumbly, Acting Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Management

    Contact