Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Office of Civilian Defense was a United States federal emergency war agency set up May 20, 1941, by Executive Order 8757 to co-ordinate state and federal measures for protection of civilians in case of war emergency. [1]
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) was an agency of the United States Department of Defense from 1961–64. It replaced the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization . The organization was renamed the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency on May 5, 1972, and was abolished on July 20, 1979, pursuant to Executive Order 12148. [ 1 ]
Thus, the civil defense of World War II began very much as a continuation of that of World War I. Very soon, however, the idea of local and state councils bearing a significant burden became viewed as untenable and more responsibility was vested at the federal level with the creation of the Office of Civilian Defense (OCD) within the Office of ...
A judge ruled Tuesday over prosecutors' objections that a Defense Department civilian employee who is a U.S.-Turkish dual citizen can remain free on home detention while he awaits trial on ...
In October 1941, Fauset was appointed to the newly formed Race Relations Division of the Office of Civilian Defense (OCD), one of the World War II agencies of the Roosevelt administration. The OCD was headed by Mayor of New York City, Fiorello LaGuardia, from 1941 to 1942, and then by James M. Landis. The agency was tasked with coordinating and ...
Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA), Office for Emergency Management (OEM), Executive Office of the President (EOP, 1950–1951) FCDA (1951–1958) Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization (ODCM), EOP (1958) Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (OCDM), EOP (1958–1961) Office of Civil Defense (OCD), DOD (1961–1964)
Cambridge Police Officer D.J. Gombeda and K-9 Officer Buddy prepare for the canine demonstration at the 2023 National Night Out in Cambridge. Officer Buddy began his career with the department on ...
In Miami-Dade, the two-year-old Independent Civilian Panel, revived after the 2020 murder by Minneapolis police of George Floyd, is officially dead, Executive Director Ursula Price told the Herald ...