Ethos CRS
Ethos CRS has been appointed by the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) to produce content for the seventh edition of the Commonwealth Style Manual during Stage 2 of the project. Ethos CRS and the DTA has just completed Stage 1, which specified content and the information architecture.
Ethos CRS Chief Executive Officer, Chas Savage, says that an Australian team of expert writers, researchers and editors are producing content in collaboration with the DTA.
“This digital Style Manual will be the authoritative professional resource for Australian professionals. The benefits of this project are projected to be $320 million per year.
“It will make life easier for public servants—federal, state and local government—and those who write in the private and non-government sectors. It will serve the needs of audiences by enabling the production of content that is accurate, brief and clear.
“During Stage 2 we ask and answer questions that bedevil and bog down writing teams. Should, for example, program be spelled ‘programme’ or ‘program’?
“What is the default tone for government documents?
“Should public service professionals ever write ‘TTYL’ in their email signature block?”
Mr Savage says that an authoritative style manual would make governments more efficient and government documents more accessible for a very diverse readership.
“We can think of government as being a thinking and writing machine. And it’s in the national interest for public service professionals to be on top of their game as thinkers and writers.
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