Possible Shift To Plain Language
In the U.S. the National Incident Management System (NIMS) states "it is required that plain language be used for multi-agency, multi-jurisdiction and multi-discipline events, such as major disasters and exercises" and federal grants became contingent on this beginning fiscal year 2006. NIMS also strongly encourages the use of plain language for internal use within a single agency.
Read more about this topic: Emergency Service Response Codes
Famous quotes containing the words shift, plain and/or language:
“I will use the world and sift it,
To a thousand humors shift it,
As you spin a cherry.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Judge Bedford: I understand you refuse to be represented by counsel.
Walter: That’s correct, your honor.
Judge Bedford: Are you suicidal, Mr. Davis, or just plain stupid?”
—Dale Launer (b. 1953)
“This is an approach to that universal language which men have sought in vain.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)