Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy

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United States Department of Defense position civilian office

The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for shaping and overseeing policies that ensure a resilient, secure, and innovative defense industrial base.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy canonical	3
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3987988 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy
Context triple: [Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, oversees, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy]

A. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for overseeing and guiding defense acquisition programs, policies, and procurement processes.
B. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for policies and oversight related to logistics, materiel readiness, maintenance, and supply chain support for military forces.
C. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for overseeing military procurement, technology acquisition, logistics, and lifecycle sustainment of defense systems.
D. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy is a senior civilian official in the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for developing and overseeing national defense policy and strategic guidance.
E. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for overseeing defense policy and security relationships with foreign nations and international organizations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy
Target entity description: The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for shaping and overseeing policies that ensure a resilient, secure, and innovative defense industrial base.

A. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for overseeing and guiding defense acquisition programs, policies, and procurement processes.
B. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for policies and oversight related to logistics, materiel readiness, maintenance, and supply chain support for military forces.
C. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for overseeing military procurement, technology acquisition, logistics, and lifecycle sustainment of defense systems.
D. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy is a senior civilian official in the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for developing and overseeing national defense policy and strategic guidance.
E. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for overseeing defense policy and security relationships with foreign nations and international organizations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Department of Defense position ⓘ civilian office ⓘ
aimsTo	address single points of failure in defense supply chains ⓘ ensure a resilient defense industrial base ⓘ ensure a secure defense industrial base ⓘ ensure an innovative defense industrial base ⓘ promote competition in the defense industrial base ⓘ reduce industrial base vulnerabilities ⓘ support small and medium-sized businesses in the defense industrial base ⓘ support surge production capacity for national defense ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
collaboratesWith	Congress on industrial base matters ⓘ U.S. Department of Commerce ⓘ surface form: Department of Commerce U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ surface form: Department of Energy United States Department of State ⓘ surface form: Department of State National Security Council of the United States ⓘ surface form: National Security Council private sector defense contractors ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	implementation of Defense Production Act industrial base tools ⓘ industrial base policy guidance to Defense Agencies ⓘ industrial base policy guidance to the Military Departments ⓘ
inceptionPeriod	early 2020s ⓘ
legalBasis	Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ
locatedIn	Pentagon ⓘ surface form: The Pentagon
officeHolder	Laura D. Taylor-Kale ⓘ
oversees	Defense Production Act of 1950 ⓘ surface form: Defense Production Act Title III program Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy ⓘ defense supply chain mapping efforts ⓘ industrial base assessments ⓘ policies for aerospace and defense manufacturing base ⓘ policies for critical minerals and materials in the defense industrial base ⓘ policies for microelectronics in the defense industrial base ⓘ policies for munitions industrial base ⓘ policies for shipbuilding industrial base ⓘ
parentOrganization	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
partOf	Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
precededBy	Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy
reportsTo	Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ
responsibleFor	defense industrial base policy ⓘ defense production policy ⓘ industrial base innovation ⓘ industrial base investment policy ⓘ industrial base modernization ⓘ industrial base resilience ⓘ industrial base security ⓘ industrial base workforce policy ⓘ supply chain risk management ⓘ
workLocation	Arlington, Virginia ⓘ

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

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment → oversees → Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy ⓘ

OSD(A&S) → hasSubOrganization → Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy ⓘ

Office of the Assistant Secretaries of Defense → hasPosition → Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy ⓘ

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy → precededBy → Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy

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