Lost in Translation: A Review of the Federal Government's Efforts to Develop a Foreign Language Strategy

Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia

Thursday, January 25, 2007
02:30 PM

[view archive webcast]

The hearing will examine the government's efforts to increase foreign language education to meet our federal workforce, national security, and economic competitiveness needs.

Witnesses

Panel 1

• The Honorable Michael L. Dominguez [view testimony]
  Principal Deputy Under Secretaryof Defense for Personnel Readiness
  United States Department of Defense
• Ms. Holly Kuzmich [view testimony]
  Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary Spellings
  U.S. Department of Education
• Mr. Everette Jordan [view testimony]
  Director
  National Virtual Translation Center, on behalf of FBI

Panel 2

• Ms. Rita Oleksak [view testimony]
  President
  American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
• Mr. Michael Petro [view testimony]
  Vice President and Director of Business and Government Policy
  The Committee for Economic Development
• Dr. Diane Birckbichler [view testimony]
  Director of the Foreign Language Center and Chair of the Departments of French and Italian
  The Ohio State University