Members of the opposition have cited the cost and resources constraints involved, adding there would be \u0027no obvious gain in the quality of public documents\u0027
In addition to cutting out verbal claptrap, the New Zealand bill requires the appointment of “plain language officers,” a compliance plan from various government agencies and a plain language guide from the Public Service Commissioner.
Members of the opposition have cited the cost and resources constraints involved, adding there would be “no obvious gain in the quality of public documents.” However, Labour lawmakers have argued, the effort would increase tax compliance, lessen backlogs and increase trust in government.Article content
In 2017, judges awarded the best plain-English sentence transformation to the country’s statistic department.This sentence was taken from the department’s annual report: “Over the year we tested the innovation readiness and change-adaptability of the organisation, made significant changes to our prioritisation and investment approaches, moved to activity based working and seen teams across Stats respond by making time to focus on tackling customer and internal pain points.
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