Office for Emergency Management
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Formed | May 25, 1940 |
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The Office for Emergency Management (OEM) was an office within the Executive Office of the
EO 8248, September 8, 1939. [citation needed
]
The office functioned to assist the President in clearing information on defense measures. It maintained liaison with national defense agencies and coordinated the national defense program.[citation needed]
The office was abolished progressively, with the Division of Information terminated by EO 9182, June 13, 1942; liaison functions terminated with resignation of Liaison Officer for Emergency Management (the OEM director), November 3, 1943; and Division of Central Administrative Affairs abolished, effective November 30, 1944, by EO 9471, August 25, 1944, with the Department of the Treasury named as liquidator.[citation needed]
Successor agencies
- United States Civil Service Commission
- United States Office of War Information (nonspecific functions of OEM's Division of Information)
- Procurement Division of the United States Department of the Treasury
- Public Buildings Administration (nonspecific functions of OEM's Division of Central Administrative Services)
- Agency-specific functions of OEM-coordinated agencies reverted to those agencies.
See also
References
- ^ "The Papers of (Albert) Wayne Coy". FDR Presidential Library and Museum.