Senior Agency Official for Plain Writing
Eileen J. Williams
Attorney and Legal Editor
Office of the General Counsel
(301) 504-7407
- Training
- CPSC offers online training for all employees who produce documents for the public and for any employees who would like to be trained in plain writing or more specialized writing.
- CPSC also schedules classroom workshops and training sessions for interested employees.
- Ongoing compliance/sustaining change
- CPSC appointed Eileen J. Williams to be the designated official for plain writing.
- In addition to Ms. Williams, CPSC uses a multilevel managerial review process for approving documents disseminated to the public.
- Agency’s Plain Writing Website
- CPSC’s plain writing website is www.cpsc.gov/plainlanguage
- The site is linked from https://www.cpsc.gov/About-CPSC/Policies-Statements-and-Directives/
- Examples of agency’s use of plain writing principles in 2014 documents
- Bed rail safety
- “CPSC Joins International Effort to Prevent Button-Battery Related Injuries and Deaths” (press release)
- “Stand by Your Pan: Cook Safely this Thanksgiving to Prevent Kitchen Fires” (press release)