Executive Order 8807

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Executive Order 8807 was a World War II-era U.S. presidential directive issued by Franklin D. Roosevelt that established the National Defense Research Committee to coordinate and advance military-related scientific research.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States executive order
legal document
appliesTo federal agencies engaged in defense research
archivesAt National Archives and Records Administration
authority President Franklin D. Roosevelt
consequence centralization of U.S. wartime scientific research management
expansion of federal role in scientific research
country United States of America
dateSigned 1941-06-28
documentType executive order
effectiveDate 1941-06-28
establishes Office of Scientific Research and Development
field military research and development
science policy
technology policy
hasLanguage English
hasNumber 8807
historicalContext mobilization of U.S. science for World War II
historicalPeriod New Deal
surface form: Roosevelt administration
isFollowedBy subsequent executive orders expanding wartime research programs
issuedDuring World War II
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
legalBasis war powers of the President of the United States
partOf United States federal wartime mobilization measures
purpose to coordinate scientific research for national defense
to establish the Office of Scientific Research and Development
relatedTo Manhattan Project
National Defense Research Committee
Office of Scientific Research and Development
U.S. wartime research and development
replaces National Defense Research Committee as independent agency
signatoryOffice President of the United States
signedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
signedInCity Washington, D.C.
subjectHeading World War II science and technology policy
supersedes National Defense Research Committee as separate organization
topic coordination of military-related scientific research
federal support for scientific research

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