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Shipley News
“Would You Take a Look at This?”
By Larry Freeman, PhD.
The Shipley Group, Senior Consultant
A
colleague asking this question usually has a draft document in hand,
ready for you to review. Sometimes,
the writer adds a comment: “This is going out by express mail this
afternoon!”
The
above scene is one we’ve all experienced. Notice that the original
request/question sets no priorities. The writer likely thinks that
review priorities are obvious. Rarely does a writer ask a reviewer to
look at a specific topic or section. And almost never does the reviewer
have a list of clear quality standards to guide the review......more
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ENVIRONMENTAL/NEPA
News from across the Agencies
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A
multi-million-dollar plan to restore the natural resources damaged
by the 1999 wreck of the cargo ship New Carissa has been released
to the public for 30 days of review and comment. Seabirds, shorebirds
and recreational opportunities were lost to the oil spill resulting
from the shipwreck. According to federal law and court settlements,
the tribes and agencies working as natural resource trustees
for the spill will soon finalize this restoration plan and seek
funding for it through the Coast Guard's National Pollution
Fund Center. click
to view document
 The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, which helps fund the cleanup of spills nationwide, is expected to be depleted before fiscal year 2009, according to a Coast Guard report provided to Congress on May 12.
click
to view
 The charter for the federal advisory panel that provides advice and recommendations on broad environmental justice issues has been extended until Sept. 26, 2006. The National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) advises the EPA administrator on how to extend environmental protection to all its programs, policies and activities, particularly those with environmental degradation that has not been properly addressed, and recommends ways to facilitate more public participation in government decision-making.
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to view
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PREPARING ORGANIZED DOCUMENTS
- Organize
information according to your readers’ needs.
- Group similar ideas.
- Place
your most important ideas first.
- Keep your setups short.
- List items in descending order of importance.
- In most business or technical documents, preview
your most important ideas and your major content areas,
and review (summarize) major points at the end of sections.
- Discuss items in the same order in which you introduce
them.
- Use headings, transitions, key words, and paragraph
openings to provide cues to the document’s organization.
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