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Federal Plain Language Report Card 2013Prepared by the Center for Plain Language

AExcellent BGood CSatisfactory DNeeds Improvement FFail

Chair, Center for Plain Language Date

Nov 19, 2013

Department Compliancewith the ActPlain

WritingHousing andUrban Development (HUD) F DInterior (DOI) B DJustice (DOJ) D DLabor (DOL) C FNASA F CSecurities and ExchangeCommission (SEC) D DSmall BusinessAdministration (SBA) A DSocial SecurityAdministration (SSA) A ATransportation (DOT) A CTreasury F DVeterans Administration (VA) C D

Department Compliancewith the Act Plain WritingAgriculture (USDA) A BCommerce (DOC) B CConsumer FinancialProtection Bureau (CFPB) A CDefense (DOD) B DEnergy (DOE) D BEnvironmental ProtectionAgency (EPA) F CGeneral ServicesAdministration (GSA) B DHealthHuman Services (HHS) B BHomeland Security (DHS) F C

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Department gency PlainWritingAgriculture (USDA)

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) AForest Service (FS) B

Commerce (DOC)Patent and Trademark (PTO) CNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

(NOAA)D

Defense (DOD) Department of Army Reserve (DAR) DOffice of the Secretary (OS) C

Energy (DOE)Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) BEnergy Information Administration (EIA) C

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) CConsumer Financial

Protection Bureau (CFPB)C

General Services (GSA) D

Health & Human Services (HHS)Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) A

Centers for Disease Controland Prevention(CDC) B

Homeland Security (DHS)

Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) BFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) D

Housing and Urban Development

(HUD)D

Interior (DOI)Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) C

National Park Service (NPS) D

Justice (DOJ)Bureau of Prisons (BOP) DDrug Enforcement Administration (DEA) FE l B fi S i Ad i i i (EBSA) F

2013 Federal Plain Writing Report CardPrepared by the Center for Plain Language

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Department Compliance withthe Plain Writing Act Plain WritingAgriculture (USDA) A B

Commerce (DOC) B C

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) A C

Defense (DOD) B D

Energy (DOE) D B

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) F C

General Services Administration (GSA)B

D

Health & Human Services (HHS) B BHousing and Urban Development (HUD) F D

Interior (DOI) B D

Justice (DOJ) D D

Labor (DOL) C F

NASA F C

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) D D

Small Business Administration (SBA) A D

Social Security Administration (SSA) A ATransportation (DOT) A C

Treasury F D

Veterans Administration (VA) C D

Federal Plain Language Report Card - 2013

Prepared by the Center for Plain Language