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General Writing

• Center for Plain Language

• OWL Online Writing Lab - Purdue University

• Writer's Handbook - University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Writing 911 - Fast help

• Communicating With and About People with Disabilities – U.S. Department of Labor

• Elements of Style, Strunk and White

• The Plain Language Association International
• Gregg's Reference Manual- guidelines for grammar and punctuation for web, correspondence, and writing
• Letting Go of the Words, Ginny Redish- guidelines for web layout

Government Writing

• Plain Language.gov – Federal government writing resources

• Washington State Correspondence – Write to the public

• Citing Government Publications – University of Memphis

• Federal Relations Procedures – Write to federal agencies

• Washington State Bill Drafting Guide 2007 - Guide for the preparation of bills for the Washington legislature.

Grant Writing

• Non-profit guides

• United Nations Grant Proposal Writing Guidelines

Technical Writing

• Online Technical Writing

• Society for Technical Communication

• Technical Writing: A short course on writing technical reports

• Technical Writing for IT Security Policies

• Five Tips to Improve Your Technical Writing

• Legal Writing for Plain English by Bryan A. Garner

Writing For The Web

• Applying Writing Guidelines to Web Pages

• How to Write for the Web

• MIT Libraries: Writing for the Web

Who else is using Plain Talk

• State of Texas: Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner
• State of Florida
• County of Los Angeles: Quality and Productivity Commission
• New York City: Easy-to-Read NYC
• Sweden
• Mexico
• United Kingdom: Plain Language Commission & Plain English Campaign