Language Technology Resource Center
Jennifer DeCamp · 2010
This paper describes the Language Technology Resource Center (LTRC), a United States Government website for providing information and tools for users of languages (e.g., translators, analysts, systems administrators, researchers, developers, etc.)The LTRC provides information on a broad range of products and tools.It also provides a survey where product developers and researchers can provide the U.S. Government and the public with information about their work.A variety of reports are generated, including reports of all tools of a given type in a given language or dialect.Information is provided about standards, professional organizations, online resources, and other resources.The LTRC was developed and is run by MITRE, a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), on behalf of the U.S. Government.One of the major challenges for the future is to identify and provide information on the many new tools that are appearing.International collaboration is critical to cover this number of tools.The LTRC is developed and run by MITRE.As described on MITRE's home page, "The MITRE Corporation is a not-for-profit organization chartered to work in the public interest.As a national resource, we apply our expertise in systems engineering, information technology, operational concepts, and enterprise modernization" to address U.S. Government needs. HistoryIn 2000, in response to the crisis in Albania, MITRE began posting and distributing information about available tools to support the relief effort.In 2002, the effort received a small amount of funding from the Office of the Secretary of Defense.In 2004, it became one of the first projects of the Language and Speech Exploitation Resources (LASER) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD).The program was transitioned to the U.S. Army and currently reports to the Foreign Language Program Office in the Army G2.It was transitioned to the Defense Intelligence Agency Foreign Language Management Division in 2009.In 2007, the name of the website was changed from the "Foreign Language Resource Center" to the "Language Technology Resource Center" in order to better reflect the content.In 2009, the LTRC was moved to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Language Technology Management Office. MissionThe mission of the LTRC and the FLRC, as defined in the website, is to obtain and share information about language-related software that is or soon will be available from academia, industry, government, or other sources.