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David Lipscomb
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David Lipscomb is the Director of the Writing Center and Associate Teaching Professor at Georgetown University. As Vice Chair of the Center for Plain Language, David leads the Center’s Federal Report Card program. At Georgetown, David incorporates plain writing principles into his courses and has designed assignments in which students complete plain writing challenges for a number of government agencies. Currently, he is exploring the ways new research in cognitive psychology lends support to traditional writing advice.
David Lipscomb will review, The Annual Federal Report Card, which is a snapshot of how well the federal government is following the 2010 Plain Writing Act.
A day of talks and conversations on how to advance plain language in government communications, hosted by the federal Plain Language community of practice.