Office of the Secretary of Defense

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United States federal executive body civilian staff organization

The Office of the Secretary of Defense is the principal civilian staff organization within the U.S. Department of Defense that provides policy development, planning, resource management, and oversight for the entire American military establishment.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Office of the Secretary of Defense canonical 118
Office of the Secretary of Defense and Joint Staff 2
Department of Defense leadership 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal executive body ⓘ
civilian staff organization ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
employs civilian personnel ⓘ
military personnel assigned to staff roles ⓘ
hasComponent Defense Agencies ⓘ
DoD Field Activities ⓘ
hasRole oversight of the U.S. military establishment ⓘ
planning for the U.S. military ⓘ
policy development for the U.S. military ⓘ
principal civilian staff element of the Department of Defense ⓘ
resource management for the U.S. military ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
legalBasis Department of Defense directives ⓘ
surface form: Department of Defense Directive 5100.01

Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Arlington, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Arlington County, Virginia

United States of America ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
location Pentagon ⓘ
surface form: The Pentagon
mission to assist the Secretary of Defense in carrying out statutory duties ⓘ
to provide centralized policy direction for the Department of Defense ⓘ
to provide oversight of defense programs and activities ⓘ
oversees Office of the Assistant Secretaries of Defense ⓘ
Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs ⓘ
Office of the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense ⓘ
Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Office of the Director of Administration and Management ⓘ
surface form: Office of the Director of Administration

Office of the Director of Administration and Management ⓘ
Office of the Director of Net Assessment ⓘ
Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation ⓘ
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization ⓘ
surface form: Office of the Director of Small Business Programs

Office of the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation ⓘ
Office of the General Counsel of the Department of Defense ⓘ
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) ⓘ
Office of the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ
surface form: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security ⓘ
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness ⓘ
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ
Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering ⓘ
surface form: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
partOf Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense
reportsTo United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
responsibleFor defense policy guidance ⓘ
management oversight of defense programs ⓘ
overall policy direction of the Department of Defense ⓘ
program evaluation within the Department of Defense ⓘ
resource allocation within the Department of Defense ⓘ
strategic planning for national defense ⓘ

Referenced by (126)

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

United States Secretary of Defense → oversees → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Secretary of the Army → memberOf → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Secretary of the Navy → memberOf → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Munitions Board → partOf → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Research and Development Board → partOf → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
SecDef → oversees → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Joint Chiefs of Staff → parentOrganization → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense → memberOf → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Army Secretariat → worksWith → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1958 → affectedOrganization → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
DCA → parentOrganization → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
subject surface form: Defense Communications Agency
Unified Command Plan → usedBy → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
National Defense Strategy of the United States → responsibleAgency → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
National Defense Strategy of the United States → audience → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Department of Defense leadership
Department of Defense → precededBy → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Department of Defense
this entity surface form: Office of the Secretary of Defense (as part of National Military Establishment)
Department of Defense → hasPart → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Department of Defense
Defense Communications Agency → partOf → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Defense Communications Agency → oversight → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Seal of the United States Department of Defense → usedBy → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Secretary of the Air Force → memberOf → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Defense Intelligence Agency → parentOrganization → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Under Secretary of the Navy → memberOf → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of the Secretary of Defense (by statute for certain councils and boards)
Office of the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment → partOf → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
U.S. Central Command → parentOrganization → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Joint Staff → partOf → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of the Secretary of Defense and Joint Staff
Joint Staff → collaboratesWith → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering → parentOrganization → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
U.S. Southern Command → governingBody → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Assistant Secretaries of the Army → collaboratesWith → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
subject surface form: Assistant Secretary of the Army
Office of the Secretary of the Army → subordinateTo → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Pentagon Papers → author → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Defense Supply Agency → partOf → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Joint Strategic Planning System → stakeholder → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Defense Information Systems Agency → partOf → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Defense Information Systems Agency → serves → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Nuclear Posture Review → producedBy → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Quadrennial Defense Review → producedBy → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Defense Planning Guidance → usedBy → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
National Guard Bureau → partOf → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Defense Agencies → administeredBy → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Defense Agencies → coordinationWith → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
DoD Field Activities → overseenBy → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
U.S. Chemical Demilitarization Program → parentOrganization → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security → memberOf → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
U.S. Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award → awardingBody → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Base Realignment and Closure 2005 → coordinatedBy → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Total Force of the United States Armed Forces → administeredBy → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Flag of the United States Department of Defense → usedBy → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
USEUCOM → parentOrganization → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve → parentOrganization → Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ