Language Report Card for: Department of Defense (DOD) Agency Home Page: http://www.defense.gov Grade: Basic requirement: B (80) Other activities: D (46) Part 1: How well does the agency comply with the basic requirements of the Act Criteria Notes Score Agency plain language page URL 10 Linked from the homepage? Yes 10 Do they name a senior official? Mr. Michael L. Rhodes, Director of Administration and 10 Management (DA&M) Yes, but hard to find. Do they list other contacts? 10 Yes. Also asked individual branches to appoint contacts. Is there contact info for the other 10 contacts? Mr Rhodes' November 2011 memo was the DoD Do they have an implementation plan? 4 implementation plan. All it does is list the requirements of the Act. They say that as a result, they formed a DoD working group to prepare the DoD Instruction mentioned above. It will contain the necessary policy, assignment of responsibilities, and procedures to implement the Plain Writing Act. Yes. Plain_Writing_Act_Compliance_Report.pdf Do they have a 2012 compliance report? 10 Yes, but just a general us” link. Does the website provide feedback “contact 10 DoDPlainLanguage@whs.mil mechanism? Not yet Are they plain language in all new or 0 substantially revised covered documents? Originally, a directive to the tops of bureaus. Instruction How did they inform employees of 6 on the DoD Plain Language Program is on track to be requirement completed in September 2012. It will be published on the publically accessible DoD Issuances website (http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives) and announced on the DoD Plain Language website Total score for basic compliance with Act: 80 (out of 100) Part 2: Agency compliance with the Plain Writing Act Supporting activities –
Language Report Card for: Department of Defense (DOD) Agency Home Page: http://www.defense.gov Grade: Basic requirement: B (80) Other activities: D (46) Part 1: How well does the agency comply with the basic requirements of the Act Criteria Notes Score Agency plain language page URL 10 Linked from the homepage? Yes 10 Do they name a senior official? Mr. Michael L. Rhodes, Director of Administration and Management (DA&M) 10 Do they list other contacts? Yes, but hard to find. 10 Is there contact info for the other contacts? Yes. Also asked individual branches to appoint contacts. 10 Do they have an implementation plan? Mr Rhodes' November 2011 memo was the DoD implementation plan. All it does is list the requirements of the Act. They say that as a result, they formed a DoD working group to prepare the DoD Instruction mentioned above. It will contain the necessary policy, assignment of responsibilities, and procedures to implement the Plain Writing Act. 4 Do they have a 2012 compliance report? Yes. Plain_Writing_Act_Compliance_Report.pdf 10 Does the website provide feedback mechanism? Yes, but just a general “contact us” link. DoDPlainLanguage@whs.mil 10 Are they plain language in all new or substantially revised covered documents? Not yet 0 How did they inform employees of requirement Originally, a directive to the tops of bureaus. Instruction on the DoD Plain Language Program is on track to be completed in September 2012. It will be published on the publically accessible DoD Issuances website (http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives) and announced on the DoD Plain Language website 6 Total score for basic compliance with Act: 80 (out of 100) Part 2: Agency compliance with the Plain Writing Act – Supporting activities
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