MINUTES OF 2 JULY 1981 LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING (U)

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• Publication Date: July 14, 1981
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14 July 1981
MEMORANDUM FOR: Members of the Language Development Committee
Executive Secretary, Language
Development Committee
SUBJECT: Minutes of 2 July 1981 Language
Development Committee Meeting (U)
1. Present: William N. Hart, Associate Deputy Director
for Administration and Chairman, Language Development Committee
(LDC); Senior Trainin Officer Directorate
of Operations (DDO), DDO representative; 25X1
Chief, Policy Staff, Office of Personnel, DCI representative;
Deputy Chief, Production Group, Foreign
Broadcast Information Service, Directorate of Science and
Technology (DDS&T), alternate DDSTT representative; 0 25X1
National Foreign Assessment Center (NFAC), Program
Integration Unit, alternate NFAC representative; 25X1
Senior Training Officer, Directorate of Administration;
Assistant Career Development Officer, NFAC
(representing the NFAC Senior Training Officer); 25X1
Chief, Language Training, Office of Training and uuca to
(OTE), OTE representative; Administrative 25X1
Assistant, LDC; and Executive Secretary,
LDC. (C)
2. Item 1: Update on the Status of Language Use Awards
for Language Specialists
Mr. Hart reported that the DDCI was expected to approve
the then Director of Personnel's recommendation--which ran
contrary to the Task Force for Language Specialists' recommen-
dation--that the Language Use Award for language specialists
be terminated. (Subject memoranda attached.) (U)
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3. Item 2: Discontinuance of the Recorded Oral
Proficiency Exam an Extension o Test
Validity for Overseas Personnel
Future use of the Recorded Oral Proficiency Exam (ROPE)
will be on a limited, exceptional circumstances basis. The period
of validity for tested language proficiencies will be extended
from three to five years when an employee's PCS assignment makes
it impossible for him/her to be tested within the normal validity
period. In no circumstances will test validity be extended
beyond five years, and Language Use and Maintenance Award pay-
ments will not be paid on any test more than five years old with
the exception of individuals tested at the "native" proficiency
since January 1, 1977. (U)
4. Item 3: Review of Language Training Reimburseables
Due to budgetary restrictions, since FY 1979 OTE has
been unable to provide language training other than that funded
for predetermined requirements. Agreements were made with language
training customers that any language training in addition to that
included in the OTE budget was to be paid for by the sponsoring
component. The Committee agreed that all language training should
be paid for by OTE, and OTE should include the approximately
$50,000 need for non-scheduled language training in its budget
as soon as possible. (U)
5. Item 4: Lan ua e School Reports on Training
Activities
Statistics produced by the Language School were made
available to the Committee members. Language Incentive Program
reports will continue to be sent to all members on a quarterly
basis. The DDO representative will receive language training
statistics on a weekly basis. (U)
6. Item 5: Language Maintenance Program Designations
The number of Language Maintenance Program participants
has been recounted based on actual participation rather than
participation in the Program upon achievement of the desired
level. I reported it was the practice of the DDO
to enter Achievement Program designees in the Maintenance Program
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at the beginning of training to ensure their participation in
the Maintenance Program should the level be reached. Due to
the possibility of changed requirements for participants,
designees will not be automatically entered in the Maintenance
Program upon achievement of the desired level; however, reminders
will be sent to the sponsoring component requesting reconfirmation
of the original designation once the designee has reached the
required level. (U)
7. Item 6: Recertification of Proficiency for Languag
Achievement Program Participants
Tested proficiency for Language Achievement Program
participants must be recertified to serve as the basis for
future achievement awards if there is a recorded claim or tested
proficiency which has not been validated since 1 January 1970. (U)
8. Item 7: Increased Award Amounts for Unit Language
Requirements of Two or More Languages
Increased amounts will be considered in an overall
review of the Language Incentive Program prior to revision of
HN II however, the Use Award can be paid to individuals
occupying dual language requirements for qualifying in one of
two languages required, either partially or fully, but in any
case not more than $50. (U)
9. Item 8: Increased Language Incentive Program
Award Amounts
Consideration of increased Language Incentive Program
award amounts for FY 1984 budgetary projections will be discussed
prior to revision of HN II (U)
10. Item 9: Language Development Complement
Mr. Hart will check out the specifics of the Language
Development Complement and report to the Committee in a future
meeting. (U)
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