Office for Emergency Management

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United States federal agency defunct government agency

The Office for Emergency Management was a World War II-era U.S. federal agency in the Executive Office of the President that coordinated national defense and emergency preparedness activities.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Division of Information of the Office for Emergency Management	1
Office of Emergency Planning	1
Office of Emergency Preparedness	1
United States Office for Emergency Management	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal agency ⓘ defunct government agency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	OEM ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
archivesAt	National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
dissolvedIn	United States federal government reorganization during World War II ⓘ
endTime	1944 ⓘ
establishedFor	coordination of emergency management during national defense mobilization ⓘ
fieldOfWork	emergency management ⓘ national security ⓘ war production coordination ⓘ
hasPart	Committee on Fair Employment Practice ⓘ Office of Civilian Defense ⓘ Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services ⓘ Office of Defense Mobilization ⓘ Office of Defense Mobilization ⓘ surface form: Office of Defense Transportation Office of Economic Stabilization ⓘ Office of Facts and Figures ⓘ Office of Price Administration ⓘ Office of Production Management ⓘ Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ Office of War Information ⓘ War Industries Board ⓘ surface form: Supply Priorities and Allocations Board War Manpower Commission ⓘ War Production Board ⓘ War Refugee Board ⓘ
hasRole	coordination of emergency preparedness activities ⓘ coordination of national defense activities ⓘ
historicalContext	U.S. home front during World War II ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
legislativeBasis	Reorganization Plan No. I of 1939 ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
operatingPeriod	World War II ⓘ
parentOrganization	Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
partOf	Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
replacedBy	various successor agencies in the Executive Office of the President ⓘ
scope	civilian and military mobilization support ⓘ
startTime	1940 ⓘ
subordinateTo	President of the United States ⓘ
timePeriod	World War II ⓘ surface form: World War II era

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Defense Research Committee → parentOrganization → Office for Emergency Management ⓘ

Office of Price Administration → parentOrganization → Office for Emergency Management ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Office for Emergency Management

Office of War Information → precededBy → Office for Emergency Management ⓘ

this entity surface form: Division of Information of the Office for Emergency Management

Federal Emergency Management Agency → predecessor → Office for Emergency Management ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of Emergency Preparedness

Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization → replacedBy → Office for Emergency Management ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of Emergency Planning

War Food Administration (certain functions, WWII period) → subordinateTo → Office for Emergency Management ⓘ

subject surface form: War Food Administration