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Agency programs and contacts

The Act was signed in October 2010, but some federal agencies have been promoting the use of plain language for years. (If you don’t see your agency’s program listed here, contact us so we can include it.)

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    • Shayla Shrieves Hatlestad, Senior Writer-Editor
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    • Erin Gordon, Cate Kortzeborn
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    • Jocelyn Sutton, Deputy Chief of Staff

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    • Jerry Mande, Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services

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    • Parker Sheedy, Special Assistant and Editor

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    • Thomas Muir, Acting Director of Administration and Management

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    • Ingrid A. Kolb, Director, Office of Management

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    • Tammy Howard, Chief of Staff

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    • Stephanie Fauquet
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    • Sarah Greenberger, Associate Deputy Secretary
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    • Michael H. Allen, Deputy Assistant Attorney General
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    • Alaina Teplitz, Assistant Secretary of State of Administration

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    • Carol C. Darr, Director, Executive Secretariat
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    • Rebecca Ewing, Deputy Executive Secretary

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    • Carrie McVicker, Executive Secretary

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    • Eric Wachter, Director of the Office of the Executive Secretariat in the Office of the Administrator
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    • Mike Stokke, Director of the Office of Congressional and Public Affairs

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    • Emily Yaghmour, Deputy Director of the Office of Congressional and Public Affairs
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    • Howard Parnell, Chief, Web and Print Publishing Division
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    • Gregg Scott, Assistant Staff Director, Information Division

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    • Amy Kort
    • Steve Hajjar
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    • Mary O'Driscoll, Press Secretary and Director of Media Relations

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    • Sam Valverde, Interim Senior Agency Official

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    • William Cody, Secretary

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    • Christian S. White, Deputy General Counsel
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    • LaKeisha McClendon, Chief Learning Officer

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    • Channing Grate, Associate Administrator for the Office of Strategic Communications

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    • Elizabeth Holtan, Communications Manager

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    • Terry Lemons, Chief, Communications and Liaison
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    • Larry Box, Head, Executive Secretariat

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    • Maria Stanwich, Senior Official for Plain Writing

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    • Barry Socks, Chief Operating Officer

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    • John Kutchey, Deputy Executive Director

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    • Don Ball, Assistant Director, Office of Public Affairs

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    • Darren B. Ash, Deputy Executive Director for Corporate Management
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    • Lauren Wright, Assistant Director for Management and Operations
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    • Christopher J. Bavasi, Executive Director

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    • Steve Hickman, Acting Executive Secretary

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    • J. Jioni Palmer, Senior Advisor and Director of Communications and Public Affairs
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    • Lori J. Schock, Director, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy
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    • Kim Bradley, Director, Office of the Executive Secretariat

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    • Angelique Crumbly, Acting Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Management

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