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Webcontent.gov will celebrate World Usability Day November 12, 2009 with a great offer for web managers and usability analysts:
Build your Plain Language skills and celebrate the sustaining power of Usability + Plain Language on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at this year?s World Usability Day!Contact Nicole Burton, Usability Specialist at nicole.burton@gsa.govRegister and find more information at World Usability Day 2009 on Webcontent.gov
- Sign up for a FREE ?mini-consultation? by phone with a usability or plain language expert to improve your government webpage or document
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- Use our Plain Language + Usability Resource Kit to conduct a World Usability Day activity at your agency
Full post as published by Building Rapport on October 21, 2009 (boomark / email).
Military Veterans Benefits, Part 2
Training, Healthcare, and Death Benefits
Language Requirements for Citizenship
Naturalization without an English language test
Parody is a Protected Form of Speech
Targets of criticism seek to shut down Internet sites that poke fun
ValueClick
allegedly violated consumer protection laws by promising ‘free’ goods that where not actually free.
Sun Mar Health Care Inc.
allegedly misrepresented nursing staff levels and training to elderly residents.
Creditor Debt
Trophy Resources agrees to $600,000 debt settlement.
Oppenheimer ATM-Free New York Municipals
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
Free Speech
Canterbury agrees to pay $60,000 settlement in civil rights lawsuit.
Indianapolis
alleging the city's police are overly aggressive against the homeless in violation of the protection of free speech and unreasonable searches guaranteed in the US Constitution.

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