Language Assistance Plan for Accommodating Persons with Limited EnglishProficiency in NASA-Conducted Programs and Activities

摘要

The new millennium is now bringing new challenges that expand NASA's publicoutreach. The most recent challenge came in August 11, 2000, when President Clinton signed Executive Order 13166 entitled 'Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency.' The purpose of this Executive Order is to eliminate, to the maximum extent possible, limited English proficiency (LEP) as an artificial barrier to the full and meaningful participation by individuals in all federally conducted programs and activities. Accommodation of LEP through the provision of effective language assistance will now allow NASA to meet its obligations under the Space Act of 1958 by expanding on its communication net to America.