NWS no longer translating products for non-English speakers

The National Weather Service is no longer providing translations of its products after its contract with an artificial intelligence company was allowed to lapse. It's a change that experts say could put non-English speakers at risk of missing warnings about extreme weather. A weather service spokesperson declined to comment on the lapse of the contract. It comes as the weather service's parent agency, NOAA, is among federal agencies targeted by the Trump administration for aggressive staff and budget cuts. Nearly 68 million people in the U.S. speak a language other than English at home, according to 2019 Census data.

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Improving Language Access in Federal Programs: What Is the State of Play?

White House, Department of Health and Human Services, and national advocacy officials review executive-branch efforts related to language access provision, discuss upcoming actions, and explore opportunities to improve the provision of information and services in languages other than English in federal programs.

How churches are meeting language needs

The purpose of this survey is to understand how churches are currently meeting language needs. The information gathered in this survey will be used to improve the work that churches do for people who speak different languages. For this reason, after some general questions on your church, which will remain private, the rest of your responses will be stored on public data repository but anonymous, to allow deeper ongoing research. As the information on section 2 could theoretically be used to identify the person who filled this in, this information will be handled under the General Data Protection Regulations of the United Kingdom. It will only be used to group responses to other questions and no individual set of responses will be made available to any other person or organisation. As this survey is entirely anonymous, it will not be possible to delete individual responses later. If you wish any further information, please send an email to Dr Jonathan Downie at churchinterpreting@integritylanguages.co.uk. Please complete all the questions presented to you. If you are happy to proceed, please click "Next" below.