Office for Emergency Management explained
Office for Emergency Management should not be confused with Office of emergency management.
| Agency Name: | Office for Emergency Management |
| Preceding1: | similar earlier agencies: Council of National Defense (WWI) |
| Superseding1: | liquidated to: Procurement Division at Treasury, CSC, OWI, Public Buildings Administration |
| Superseding2: | similar later agencies: Economic Stabilization Agency (Korean War) |
| Superseding3: | Office of Emergency Preparedness (Nixon administration) |
| Superseding4: | FEMA (current day) |
| Child1 Agency: | Office of Price Administration |
| Child2 Agency: | Office of Economic Stabilization |
| Child3 Agency: | Office of Production Management, War Manpower Commission, War Shipping Administration, War Relocation Authority, Office of Defense Transportation, Office of Facts and Figures, Office of Scientific Research and Development |
| Child4 Agency: | Supply Priorities and Allocations Board, Office of Alien Property Management, Foreign Economic Administration |
| Child5 Agency: | War Production Board, Office of Civilian Defense, Office of Temporary Controls, Committee on Fair Employment Practice |
| Child6 Agency: | Office of Economic Warfare, Office of War Mobilization, Office of War Information |
| Parent Agency: | Executive Office of the President |
| Jurisdiction: | United States Government |
| Headquarters: | Washington, D.C. |
The Office for Emergency Management (OEM) was an office within the Executive Office of the United States President. It was established by administrative order, May 25, 1940, in accordance with executive order EO 8248, September 8, 1939.
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.
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.
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- Web site: The Papers of (Albert) Wayne Coy. FDR Presidential Library and Museum.
