Improving the Draft of a Technical Communication Memo: The Importance of Effective Writing and Credible Sources

Assignment
Your task for this assignment is to revise and improve the draft of this paper that you produced with the help of ChatGPT by making the following three improvements:
Revisiting chapter 15 of Technical Communication, especially the checklist on page 353, and making any changes to the memo ChatGPT produced to align it with the principles of effective memo writing covered in that chapter.
Tweaking the language to make it sound less robotic. Writing produced by ChatGPT has a very impersonal, almost robotic tone and feel to it. If the supervisor receiving your letter suspects that ChatGPT wrote it, it will certainly feel less personal to them and they may very well take it less seriously. Try rewriting sections of the letter in your own voice and weaving those in.
Adding in-text and end-of-text citations from trustworthy sources to back up your argument – see grading criteria below for details about what I expect.
Grading Criteria
To receive full credit on this revision be sure to:
Change the language ChatGPT produced enough so that it doesn’t “feel” like it was generated by AI.
Find at least three credible and trustworthy sources to support your argument. Two of your sources can come from the required readings/screenings assigned in this course, but the third must be one you find independently. 
Make sure your sources really are credible and trustworthy: if you are writing about facial recognition technology, a company selling facial recognition technology or a police department promoting facial recognition technology would NOT be considered trustworthy because they have a vested interest in presenting the information with a specific bias.
Include short quotes from your sources that provide evidence to support your argument.
Make sure that your quotes are properly integrated into your writing. See this page for information about how to do that.
Include BOTH in-text AND end-of-text citations using MLA formatting. You can learn about MLA formatting here. You are also welcome to ask ChatGPT for help in formatting your in-text and end-of-text citations.

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