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2014 年 10 月 10 日
（星期五）
美华商报
英语专版
OAPIA Releases Report on Language Access within the AAPI Community
The Report Highlights the 10th Year Anniversary of the Language Access Act
(WASHINGTON,
D.C.) The Mayor's Office on Asian and
Pacific Islander Affairs (OAPIA)
is pleased to announce the re⁃
lease of 2014: A Language Odys⁃
sey, a policy report looking at
the past, present, and future of
language access in the District of
Columbia and how the Language
Access Act of 2004 has affected
the Asian American and Pacific
Islander (AAPI) community. The
report uses data obtained from
in-language OAPIA surveys and
from various U.S. Census Bureau
surveys.
"Since 2004, OAPIA has
worked more closely with other
District government agencies and
community based organizations to
ensure that the language access
needs are being met for the AA⁃
PI community," said Soohyun "Ju⁃
lie" Koo, OAPIA Director. "OAP⁃
IA will continue to champion lan⁃
guage access for the community
by advocating for and developing
innovative projects and programs
to expand language services."
The report presents the prog⁃
ress of language access within
the AAPI community by focusing
on: 1) the exploration of the suc⁃
cess of the Language Access Act;
2) the perceptions of the AAPI
community's motivations on using
language access services; and 3)
the recommendations on language
access practices in the AAPI com⁃
munity in the District. The pur⁃
pose of the policy report is to ed⁃
ucate policymakers, government
employees, advocates, and the gen⁃
eral public about the effect the
Language Access Act has had on
the AAPI community since the
passage of the act.
"Through this report, I hope
everyone gains a deeper under⁃
standing of the importance of the
Language Access Act and engag⁃
es in future conversation regard⁃
ing language access," said Neel
Saxena, OAPIA Language Access
Coordinator, the author of the re⁃
port.
OAPIA and District govern⁃
ment will continue to ensure
equal access for the AAPI commu⁃
nity and all limited English profi⁃
cient (LEP)/non-English proficient
(NEP) populations in the District.
To view a copy of the report
or for more information about
OAPIA's other language access re⁃
lated efforts, please visit www.apia.
dc.gov or contact Neel Saxena at
[email protected]
Alert Montgomery Emergency Warning System Enhanced;
Subscribers Encouraged to Update Accounts
Montgomery County residents
and frequent visitors have benefit⁃
ed from the Alert Montgomery
emergency warning system since
its creation in 2004. In the next
few weeks, important changes are
coming to the system. New en⁃
hancements to the alert system
will improve the speed, reliability
and customization of the alerts
subscribers can receive.
The process for upgrading
current Alert Montgomery ac⁃
counts will begin on October 15.
Subscribers must update their ex⁃
isting account, or open a new ac⁃
count, on or after that date, to
gain access to the new features.
To obtain these new enhance⁃
ments, current subscribers must
re-register (update) their current
Alert Montgomery accounts. Sub⁃
scribers will be notified by email,
beginning October 15, from the
new Alert Montgomery system pro⁃
vider, Everbridge, with a trusted
and secure link. The link will re⁃
main open for 72 hours. Alert
Montgomery subscribers are en⁃
couraged to take advantage of the
opportunity to upgrade to the new
system.
The Everbridge email will
provide prompts to take the follow⁃
ing actions:
1. Provide a new user name
and password;
2.
Choose
the
devices
through which alerts will be re⁃
ceived; and
3. Select the types of alerts
to be received.
Subscribers will be able to
upgrade their Alert Montgomery
system to enable them to use
such new enhanced features as:
• Selecting as many or few
alerts as desired for emergencies,
weather, traffic, school closings
and more
• Receiving alerts via cell
phone, email, text, home land
line phone, work phone, or the
new Mobile Member app
• Choosing to get alerts for
a specific address and also for
other locations of particular inter⁃
est
•
Specifying
particular
times during the day or night
when you would prefer to block
any incoming notifications
The following is a list of
some of the notification topics
available through Alert Montgom⁃
ery:
Current subscribers who do
• Severe weather warnings not update their account will still
to include tornado watches/warn⁃ receive some emergency alerts
ings
but will not have access to any
• Traffic disruptions - ma⁃ of the new alert features.
jor collisions & road closures?
Residents who live in the Cit⁃
School emergency