OEM

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United States federal agency wartime emergency agency

OEM refers to the Office for Emergency Management, a U.S. government agency created during World War II to coordinate civilian defense and federal emergency preparedness activities.

Aliases (1)

Office for Emergency Management ×36

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal agency → wartime emergency agency →
abbreviation	OEM →
country	United States →
createdBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt →
dateFounded	1940 →
dissolved	1944 →
foundedDuring	World War II →
function	budgeting and fiscal coordination for emergency agencies → information and public relations services → personnel administration for emergency agencies → records management and administrative support →
historicalPeriod	World War II home front in the United States →
legalBasis	Reorganization Plan No. I of 1939 →
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. →
oversaw	Office of Civilian Defense → Office of Defense Transportation → Office of Price Administration → Office of Production Management → Office of Scientific Research and Development (administrative services) → War Production Board (in administrative support roles) →
partOf	Executive Office of the President of the United States →
precededBy	earlier ad hoc emergency coordination bodies →
purpose	coordinate civilian defense activities → coordinate federal emergency management activities → support wartime mobilization of the U.S. government →
relatedTo	Council of National Defense → Office of War Information → War Production Board →
reorganizedInto	various successor agencies after 1944 →
reportedTo	President of the United States →
responsibility	central administrative services for wartime agencies →
sector	civil defense → emergency preparedness →
succeededBy	postwar federal emergency management structures →
typeOfJurisdiction	federal →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Office for Emergency Management →	abbreviation
Office for Emergency Management →	alsoKnownAs