A recently appointed “language access coordinator” is to work with agencies to share best practices and exchange information. Image: Sundry Photography/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe Biden administration has told agencies to revisit and report within six months on their initiatives to provide services to people not proficient in English under an Obama administration executive order.
The Justice Department said that it has been more than a decade since it last sent guidance on that order and “Although federal agencies have made significant progress since then, there remains a clear need to further enhance access to multilingual information.”
A memo said that a recently appointed “language access coordinator” within its Office for Access to Justice, will “work with other federal agencies to share best practices and exchange information about language access initiatives and efforts” to determine (in its words):
• whether agencies can further update their language access policies and plans;
• whether agencies are effectively reaching individuals with limited English proficiency when disseminating information about federal resources, programs, and services;
• whether agencies have considered updates or modifications to guidance to federal financial assistance recipients regarding their obligations to provide meaningful language access under the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its implementing regulations; and
• whether agencies can adapt their digital communications to welcome individuals with limited English proficiency.
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