FCS Publications Of Major Interest

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Executive Order 12250 authorizes the Department of Justice (the Department) to issue guidance and technical assistance to individuals and entities that have rights or responsibilities under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  The guidance documents included below provide informal non-binding guidance to assist you in understanding the Act and the Department’s regulations. 

The guidance documents are not intended to be a final agency action, have no legally binding effect, and have no force or effect of law.  The guidance documents may be rescinded or modified in the Department’s complete discretion, in accordance with applicable laws. The Department’s guidance documents do not establish legally enforceable responsibilities beyond what is required by the terms of the applicable statutes, regulations, or binding judicial precedent.  For more information, see "Memorandum for All Components: Prohibition of Improper Guidance Documents," from Attorney General Jefferson B. Sessions III, November 16, 2017.

DOJ Report: Language Access in the Courts
Title VI Civil Rights Newsletters
"I Speak" Language Identification Cards
Limited English Proficient (LEP) Brochures
Other Civil Rights Publications
Translation and Interpretation Procurement Series
DOJ Report: Language Access in the Courts- September 15, 2016 Acceso Lingüístico en los Tribunales Estatales (Spanish) Tiếp Cận Ngôn NgữTòa Án Tiểu Bang (Vietnamese) 주 법원에서의 언어 지원 서비스 (Korean) 州法院的語言協助服務 (Chinese Traditional) 州法院的语言 协助 服务 (Chinese Simplified)
"I Speak" Language Identification Cards in 38 languages (PDF)
What Federal Agencies and Federally Assisted Programs Should Know about Providing Services to LEP Individuals (PDF)
Know Your Rights LEP Beneficiary Brochures
Arabic	Cambodian	Chinese	Creole
English	Hmong	Korean	Russian
Spanish	Vietnamese
Other Civil Rights Publications Title VI Four-Year Report, July 2013 Title IX Legal Manual Limited English Proficiency Resource Document: Tips and Tools from the Field Non-discrimination on the Basis of Sex in Federally Assisted Programs (HTML) Title VI Legal Manual   Addressing Police Misconduct: Laws enforced by the United States Department of Justice (HTML,  Text, or PDF) Your Rights Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Sus derechos bajo el título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964 (HTML) Federal Protections Against National Origin Discrimination ( HTML version) Arabic (PDF) Korean (PDF) Cambodian (PDF) Laotian (PDF) Chinese (PDF) Punjabi (PDF) Farsi ( PDF) Russian (PDF) French (PDF) Spanish (HTML) (PDF) Haitian Creole (PDF) Tagalog (PDF) Hindi (PDF) Vietnamese (PDF) Hmong (PDF)   Translation and Interpretation Procurement Series Before You Hire - Ask Yourself: “What are my Project’s Language Needs?” - TIPS to making language service hiring decisions. (PDF) TIPS on Hiring the Right Telephonic Interpretation Vendor - TIPS to finding a high-quality telephone interpretation vendor. (PDF) TIPS for Working with Telephone Interpreters - TIPS for planning, placing, and troubleshooting phone-calls with telephone interpreters. (PDF) What Does it Mean to be a Certified Linguist? - TIPS to discovering vendor and linguist qualifications. (PDF)   TIPS on Building an Effective Staff Language Service Program - TIPS for recruiting, hiring, assessing, and retaining staff linguists. (PDF)