Government, Nonprofit and NGO Language Services

Nonprofit and Governmental clients have expanding languages service needs as they work with global stake holders and local constituents who are non native speakers. As rich form of communications such as online videos and apps help deepen engagement with stakeholders it comes with high associated localization costs.

Governmental and Nonprofits can lower localization costs especially in rich media by procuring an Audio/Video (A/V) service provider to streamline and eliminate markups translations firms pass after working with third party A/V Production Studios.

State Governments Expand Language Services

"Overall, we've learned that our nation's population has become more racially and ethnically diverse over the past 10 years," Nicholas A. Jones, chief of the U.S. Census Bureau's racial statistics branch, told reporters when analyzing the new 2010 Census numbers. According to a 2010 Common Sense Advisory report, the US federal government has spent US$4.5 billion on outsourced language services since 1990.

For many local and state governments localization traditionally meant Spanish voice over, now the increasingly diverse U.S. population, coupled with globalization of industries, means the number of people seeking State services in foreign language include Korean, Arabic, Somali, Hmong, Vietnamese, Amharic, Japanese speakers found in California, Washington, New York, Michigan.

Government Procurement of Language Services

State of California SB:853 requires California health plans to offer language access.Which is reflected in Federal government by Executive Order 13166 which requires Federal agencies to review their services for people with limited English proficiency, and develop and implement a system to provide meaningful access.

JBI Studios is registered with Commonwealth of Kentucky's eProcurement system through The Office of Procurement Services. Working with multiple states JBI Studios understands public confidence in the procedures of public procurement is important and will show ethical and professional behavior in all of our activities.

Federal Government Contractor, DOD, CAGE Code

JBI Studios is registered with Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database for the U.S. Federal Government in support of agency acquisition missions. Ask and we'll provide you with our Commercial And Government Entity (CAGE) Code ID number which can be verified at The Defense Logistics Information Service (DLIS). JBI Studios is also able to provide DOD clients ability to have all their work handled by U.S. Citizens. We also have security procedures in place to safeguard your proprietary multimedia data assets.

If you have question on General Services Administration (GSA) and Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) contact us and we will provide you with content on JBI Studios needed for government procurement professionals. S of California's SB853 requires the state health plans to offer language access. We'll help you identify the appropriate contract type to choose for your multimedia localization project.