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The Office for Emergency Management (OEM) was an office within the Executive Office of the
United States President The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United Stat ...
. 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.


Successor agencies

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United States Civil Service Commission The United States Civil Service Commission was a government agency of the federal government of the United States and was created to select employees of federal government on merit rather than relationships. In 1979, it was dissolved as part of t ...
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United States Office of War Information The United States Office of War Information (OWI) was a United States government agency created during World War II. The OWI operated from June 1942 until September 1945. Through radio broadcasts, newspapers, posters, photographs, films and other ...
(nonspecific functions of OEM's Division of Information) *Procurement Division of the
United States Department of the Treasury The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States, where it serves as an executive department. The department oversees the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and ...
* 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

* Wayne Coy, OEM liaison officer


References


Records of the Office for Emergency Management (OEM)
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