On June 1, 1998, President Bill Clinton issued a Memorandum on Plain Language in Government Writing.

(PDF) The rationale for this memorandum was to "make the Government more responsive, accessible, and understandable in its communications with the public" and its goal is to save the Government and the private sector "time, effort and money."

Signed into law on October 13, 2010, by President Obama, the Plain Writing Act of 2010 (H.R.

L. 111–274 (text) (PDF)) is a United States federal law that requires that federal executive agencies: Before: The amount of expenses reimbursed to a claimant under this subpart shall be reduced by any amount that the claimant receives from a collateral source.

If you get payments from us and from a collateral source for the same expenses, you must pay us back the amount we paid you.