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STARTALK Chicago Conference 16
October 2009
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ODNI/FLPO Update

• English for Heritage Language Speakers Program
  (EHLS) (August)
• http//www.cal.org/ehls/
• National Intelligence Strategy (NIS)
  (August/September)
• http//www.dni.gov/press_releases/20090915_release
  .pdf
• Comprehensive Plan Needed to Address Persistent
  Foreign Language Shortfalls (September)
• http//www.gao.gov/new.items/d09955.pdf
• STARTALK Program Review (September)
• Key Program Management Stakeholders
• Strategic Planning Session Later in 2009
• Cultural Guidelines FLPO to Language and
  Culture Office (October)

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National Intelligence Strategy

• Six Mission Objectives (MO) and Seven Enterprise
  Objectives (EO)

MO 3 Provide Strategic Intelligence and
Warning Warn of strategic trends and events so
that policymakers, military officials, and civil
authorities can effectively deter, prevent, or
respond to threats and take advantage of
opportunities. - Increase the quantity and
fluency of our foreign language capability.
EO 6 Develop the Workforce Attract, develop,
and retain a diverse, results-focused, and
high-performing workforce capable of providing
the technical expertise and exceptional
leadership necessary to address our
Nations security challenges. - Build a diverse
and balanced workforce. Employ, develop, and
retain a workforce that reflects diversity in its
broadest context culture, ethnicity, ancestry,
race, gender, language, and experiences
properly balanced among its military, civilian,
and contractor components.
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ODNI/FLPO Update

• English for Heritage Language Speakers Program
  (EHLS) (August)
• http//www.cal.org/ehls/
• National Intelligence Strategy (NIS)
  (August/September)
• http//www.dni.gov/press_releases/20090915_release
  .pdf
• Comprehensive Plan Needed to Address Persistent
  Foreign Language Shortfalls (September)
• http//www.gao.gov/new.items/d09955.pdf
• STARTALK Program Review (September)
• Key Program Management Stakeholders
• Strategic Planning Session Later in 2009
• Cultural Guidelines FLPO to Language and
  Culture Office (October)

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GAO Report
State continues to have notable gaps in its
foreign language capabilities, which could hinder
U.S. overseas operationsAs of October 31, 2008,
31 percent of officers in all worldwide
language-designated positions did not meet both
the foreign language speaking and reading
proficiency requirements for their positions, up
slightly from 29 percent in 2005. In
particular, State continues to face foreign
language shortfalls in areas of strategic
interest such as the Near East and South and
Central Asia, where about 40 percent of officers
in language-designated positions did not meet
requirements. Gaps were notably high in
Afghanistan, where 33 of 45 officers in
language-designated positions (73 percent) did
not meet the requirement, and in Iraq, with 8 of
14 officers (57 percent) lacking sufficient
language skills. Shortfalls in supercritical
needs languages, such as Arabic and Chinese,
remain at 39 percent, despite efforts to recruit
individuals with proficiency in these languages.
- September 2009
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ODNI/FLPO Update

• English for Heritage Language Speakers Program
  (EHLS) (August)
• http//www.cal.org/ehls/
• National Intelligence Strategy (NIS)
  (August/September)
• http//www.dni.gov/press_releases/20090915_release
  .pdf
• Comprehensive Plan Needed to Address Persistent
  Foreign Language Shortfalls (September)
• http//www.gao.gov/new.items/d09955.pdf
• STARTALK Program Review (September)
• Key Program Management Stakeholders
• Strategic Planning Session Later in 2009
• Cultural Guidelines FLPO to Language and
  Culture Office (October)

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Cultural Guidelines
General McChrystal Comments at the International
Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) In some
ways, we have not overcome some of our intrinsic
disadvantages. We are operating in a very
different culture, with language differences,
relationships that do not exist and a complex
situation that takes time to understand, yet we
have not effectively developed enough expertise,
continuity of people or sufficient numbers of
language-trained people to deal with the
situation as effectively as we could
have. - 1 October 2009
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ODNI/FLPO Update

• English for Heritage Language Speakers Program
  (EHLS) (August)
• http//www.cal.org/ehls/
• National Intelligence Strategy (NIS)
  (August/September)
• http//www.dni.gov/press_releases/20090915_release
  .pdf
• Comprehensive Plan Needed to Address Persistent
  Foreign Language Shortfalls (September)
• http//www.gao.gov/new.items/d09955.pdf
• STARTALK Program Review (September)
• Key Program Management Stakeholders
• Strategic Planning Session Later in 2009
• Cultural Guidelines FLPO to Language and
  Culture Office (October)

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UNCLASSIFED
STARTALK Chicago Conference 16
October 2009
UNCLASSIFED