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I’ve spent my whole working life helping people to keep their writing clear and simple, so it was an honour to be asked to help judge the 2012 Centre for Plain Language ClearMark Awards.

The WriteMark New Zealand Plain English Awards winners have been announced and we are delighted to say that one of our clients has won the private sector web content category.

Optimal Usability specialise in design that makes things easy. Their web content was no exception.

It’s half time in the judging of the web content categories in this year’s WriteMark New Zealand Plain English Awards. A good time to take five and reflect on the quality of the writing on New Zealand websites.

It’s official! President Obama has signed the Plain Writing Act of 2010 (H.R. 946) into law. This means United States government agencies will have to make sure their public documents are clear, concise and well organised.

I’ve just finished helping to judge the public and private sector web categories of the WriteMark New Zealand Plain English Awards.

Some really great sites made it onto the finalist list, and the input and fresh insights of overseas judges has again been fantastic.