US Federal Agencies and Departments Revamp Language Access Plans
The US Departments of Labor, Justice are just two of the 18 federal bodies to update their plans and policies to better support people with limited English proficiency.
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US Justice Department Accepting Proposals for Up to USD 40M in Language Services
Translators, transcriptionists, and interpreters to work mainly with Criminal Division, and others, such as the FBI, as needed. Use of CAT tools, but not machine translation, encouraged.
US Attorney General Urges Federal Agencies to Improve Language Access Rights
US Attorney General Merrick B. Garland issues an emphatic call to action for federal agencies to review and improve language access practices and policies.
US Justice Department Resolves Lack of Language Access Investigation in Courts
US Department of Justice works with North Carolina Courts to remedy lack of access to language services for court users of limited English proficiency.
SOSi Defends DoJ Language Services Contract Worth Up to USD 400 Million
Contract incumbent SOS International (SOSi) will provide interpretation, translation, and transcription for courts associated with the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR).
US Federal Language Services Contracting Hit by Mistreatment And Fraud Claims
A complaint against US interpretation provider Global Linguist Solutions alleges poor treatment of workers in Kuwait, while a former recruiter of interpreters is indicted by army prosecutors for foul play in money-making scheme.
US Federal Language Services Spend for Fiscal 2018 Just Past USD 100m
The US government has awarded 4,005 contracts on translation and interpretation worthed a total of just over USD 100m for the first four months of FY 2018. Law enforcement and military related spending continues to be the biggest spenders.
US Federal Government’s 2017 Language Services Spend Just Surpassed 2016 Total
The US government’s translation and interpretation spend for 2017 has reached over half a billion US Dollars so far, already outstripping 2016 spending. Over 77% of spending went to just 20 companies.
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