Military training : continued actions needed to guide DOD's efforts to improve language skills and regional proficiency : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives / statement of Sharon L. Pickup.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Pickup, Sharon L.

Contributor:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee

United States. Government Accountability Office

Series:

Testimony ; GAO-10-879T.

Testimony ; GAO-10-879T

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Language--Planning.

United States.

United States. Department of Defense.

Language and languages--Study and teaching--United States--Planning.

Language and languages.

Cultural awareness--Study and teaching--United States--Planning.

Cultural awareness.

Language planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (12 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Continued actions needed to guide DOD's efforts to improve language skills and regional proficiency

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2010]

Summary:

Today, and in the foreseeable future, military operations require U.S. personnel to work alongside multinational partners and among local populations. The Department of Defense (DOD) has placed a greater emphasis on transforming language and regional proficiency capabilities, which includes cultural awareness. GAO's prior work has found that integrated strategic plans with measurable goals and funding priorities linked to goals can help guide organizational transformations. Decision makers also require complete information to identify capability gaps and assess risk. This testimony summarizes GAO's prior work and recommendations on DOD's efforts to develop language skills and regional proficiency and the steps DOD has taken to implement our prior recommendations. Specifically, it addresses the extent to which DOD has (1) developed a strategic plan to guide its language and regional proficiency transformation efforts and (2) obtained the information it needs to identify capability gaps and assess risk. GAO's statement is based on a June 2009 report and work conducted during May 2010 through June 2010 to update the status of GAO's recommendations.

Contents:

DOD has taken steps to transform language and regional proficiency capabilities, but still needs a comprehensive strategic plan to guide its efforts

DOD has not fully developed the information it needs to identify gaps in language and regional proficiency and assess risk

Concluding observations.

Notes:

Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 6, 2010).

"For release ... June 29, 2010."

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

646021611