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By Adam Gorley | 5 Minutes Read August 1, 2012

Crafting policies is the art of business

Policies are crucial to a successful business. Without them, it's impossible to consistently control and keep track of all the things that happen day to day. It's great to see others as excited about the topic as we are at First Reference. Last week, Scott Lowe outlined on TechRepublic, "10 things to consider when creating policies." And it's not just IT policy he's interested in.

Article by Adam Gorley / Employee Relations, Employment Standards / accountability, audience, Derwyn Hancocks, employment law, inconsistent with values, IT, jargon, Jeffrey Sherman, legalese, need for policy, Operational Bulletin 275-C, plain language, policies, policy considerations, policy exceptions, policy manual, policy overlap, policy revision, procedures, responsibilities, Scott Lowe, techrepublic, zero tolerance

By Adam Gorley | < 1 Minutes Read December 19, 2011

IT compliance dictionary – yes!

Maybe this will help directors get up to speed on IT. If you want to know the meanings of tech terms like WEP, WPA, kernel,malware, trojan, sniffing, MIME, deployment strategy, server,implementation and just about any other IT term you can think of, then check it out.

Article by Adam Gorley / Privacy / compliance dictionary, harmonized controls, IT compliance, jargon, Network Frontiers, Unified Compliance Framework

By Adam Gorley | 2 Minutes Read July 4, 2011

What’s that you say? Bar association releases plain language guide

When a guide to using legal jargon in everyday life offers as its first tip, "Familiarize yourself with Latin," I'm pretty sure there's a problem.

Article by Adam Gorley / Accessibility Standards / accessibility, bar association, buzz words, Canadian Bar Association, complex language, FAPP, gobbledegook, HRA, HRPP, ITPP, jargon, langage clair, language, Latin, legal writing, legalese, nonsense, NPPP, plain language, Plain Language Association International, Quebec

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