Saving these links here.
Laws
21st Century Integrated Digital Experience (IDEA) Act
Public Law No: 114-157 (05/20/2016) “To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act and the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 to modernize terms relating to minorities”
Plain Writing Act of 2010. 5 U.S.C § 301, Statutory Notes (Pub. L. 111–274, Oct. 13, 2010, 124 Stat. 2861) (2010), https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ274/content-detail.html Also see Plain Writing Act Website at https://www.plainlanguage.gov.
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and Section 255 of the Communications Act. https://www.section508.gov/manage/laws-and-policies/
Presidential Memoranda
Memorandum for the Heads of Departments and Agencies, Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government (January 21, 2009) https://www.archives.gov/files/cui/documents/2009-WH-memo-on-transparency-and-open-government.pdf
Executive Orders
United States, Executive Office of the President [Joseph Biden]. Executive Order 14058. Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery To Rebuild Trust in Government. 13 December 2021.
United States, Executive Office of the President [William Clinton]. Executive Order 12988. Principles to Enact Legislation and Promulgate Regulations Which Do Not Unduly Burden the Federal Court System. 5 February 1996.
United States, Executive Office of the President [William Clinton]. Executive Order 12866. Regulatory Planning and Review. 30 September 1993.
Policy
Secretary of the Interior Order No. 3404, “‘Declaring ‘Squaw’ a Derogatory Term and Implementing Procedures to Remove the Term from Federal Usage”
DOI Electronic Library of Interior Policies — click on the Departmental Manual drop-down and look for these parts:
Part 386: Web Management
Part 470: Public Communications
Part 471: Audiovisual Media and Publications
GAO Reports
Government Accountability Office. (2017). Public Relations Spending: Selected Agencies’ Activities Supported by Contracts and Public Affairs Staff. (GAO Publication No. 17-711). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-17-711.pdf
Government Accountability Office. (2016). Public Relations Spending: Reported Data on Related Federal Activities. (GAO Publication No. 16-877R). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-16-877r
Government Accountability Office. (1986). Public Affairs and Congressional Affairs Activities of Federal Agencies. (GAO Publication No. 86-24). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-86-24
OMB Circulars
OMB. Circular A-123, Management’s Responsibility for Internal Control. 20 September 2010. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/circulars_a123_rev
Official Research
U.S. Congressional Research Service. Advertising by the Federal Government: An Overview. Report Number R41681. 23 June 2014. https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R41681.pdf
U.S. Congressional Research Service. Public Relations and Propaganda: Restrictions on Executive Agency Activities. Report Number RL32750. 8 February 2005. https://sgp.fas.org/crs/RL32750.pdf
Public Affairs Manuals/Guidance
http://auxpa.cgaux.org/PADocs/USCGExternalAffairsManual.pdf
Coast Guard Auxiliary Public Affairs Guide – November 2010 (districtnine.org)
Templates/Instructions on Developing Guidance
https://pavilion.dinfos.edu/Template/Article/2110573/proposed-public-affairs-guidance-ppag/
Content Guides
U.S. Government Publishing Office Style Manual
https://content-guide.18f.gov/
https://www.epa.gov/web-policies-and-procedures/web-standard-pdf-links
Informal Guides
Federal Communicators Network. Communicators Guide for Federal, State, Regional, and Local Communicators. December 2001. https://govinfo.library.unt.edu/npr/library/papers/bkgrd/communicators.html
Other
Federal Law and Policy Regarding Education
Uncategorized
- Section 508
- Copyrighted Works By The Federal Government
- Privacy Act
- E-Government Act (GAO Report) (OJP)
Federal Communicators Network ongoing research. Public domain.
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