National_Catalogues: Military Training: DOD Needs a Strategic Plan and Better Inventory and Requirements Data to Guide Development of Language Skills and Regional Proficiency

Title: Military Training: DOD Needs a Strategic Plan and Better Inventory and Requirements Data to Guide Development of Language Skills and Regional Proficiency
Identifier: ADA500731
STOAbstractExternal: Violent extremist movements and ongoing military operations have prompted the Department of Defense (DoD) to place greater emphasis on improving language and regional proficiency, which includes cultural awareness. GAO was asked to assess the extent to which DoD has done the following: (1) developed a strategic plan to guide its language and regional proficiency transformation efforts, and (2) obtained the information it needs to identify potential language and regional proficiency gaps and assess risk. To conduct this assessment, GAO analyzed DoD's Defense Language Transformation Roadmap, reviewed the military services' strategies for transforming language and regional proficiency capabilities, and assessed the range of efforts intended to help identify potential gaps. GAO recommends that DoD do the following: (1) develop a comprehensive strategic plan for its language and regional proficiency transformation, (2) establish a mechanism to assess the regional proficiency skills of its military and civilian personnel, and (3) develop a methodology to identify its language and regional proficiency requirements. DoD concurred with GAO's recommendations and stated it is taking related actions.

STOAuthorExternal: GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC Pickup, Sharon, Lentini, Patricia, Brown, Catherine H., Bumgarner, John, Carrington, Gabrielle A., Cooper, MacKenzie, Landesman, Joanne, Marchand, Gregory, Reed, Chad, Smale, Jay, Smith, Kathryn, Smith, Traye
STOClassificationExternal: N
STOKeywordsExternal: *FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS, *REGIONAL PROFICIENCY, *SKILL ASSESSMENT, *REQUIREMENTS ASSESSMENT, CULTURAL AWARENESS, GAP ANALYSIS, DEFENSE LANGUAGE TRANSFORMATION ROADMAP, RISK ASSESSMENT, SKILLS INVENTORY
STOPublisher: USA
Language: English
STOReportSource: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA500731
Published: 6/1/2009

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