[lg policy] US Dept. of Defense Sets New Policies on Language, Culture Knowledge

[Harold Schiffman]

DoD Sets New Policies on Language, Culture Knowledge
Published: September 4, 2015
<http://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/dod-sets-new-policies-on-language-culture-knowledge/>
More in: Federal Manager's Daily Report
<http://www.fedweek.com/news/federal-managers-daily-report/>

DoD has issued revised policies for a Defense Language, Regional Expertise
and Culture Program, stating that those capabilities “are enduring critical
competencies essential to the DoD mission and must be managed to maximize”
them.

Under the guidance, all personnel are to be screened on entering federal
service and also at times afterward for foreign language proficiency. That
skill is to be encouraged through means such as paying foreign language
proficiency pay and authorizing time for self-managed and classroom
programs to maintain and improve proficiency.

“As mission dictates, the DoD will make full use of available language
proficiency, regional expertise, and cultural capabilities without regard
to Service or DoD agency affiliation, consistent with law and DoD policy,”
it says.

Further, “civilian personnel deploying to foreign territories must possess
or have access to an appropriate capability to communicate in the languages
of the territories of deployment and at least have a rudimentary
understanding of the region and associated culture(s).”

http://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/dod-sets-new-policies-on-language-culture-knowledge/


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