Washington Office
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The Washington Office is the American Library Association’s advocacy and public policy arm based in Washington, D.C., representing libraries’ interests before the U.S. federal government.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ALA Washington Office | 1 |
| Washington Office canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3500893 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Washington Office Context triple: [American Library Association, hasOffice, Washington Office]
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A.
Government of the District of Columbia
The Government of the District of Columbia is the municipal administration responsible for governing Washington, D.C., providing local services and implementing laws for the U.S. capital.
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B.
White House Communications Office
The White House Communications Office is the team within the Executive Office of the President responsible for developing and coordinating the administration’s messaging and public communications strategy.
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C.
District of Columbia Office of the Secretary
The District of Columbia Office of the Secretary is a DC government agency responsible for official records, ceremonial documents, and administrative functions such as managing the city’s legal and regulatory publications.
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D.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States, serving as the nation’s political center and home to its federal government institutions.
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E.
Washington Headquarters Services
Washington Headquarters Services is a U.S. Department of Defense support agency that provides administrative, operational, and management services to Pentagon leadership and various defense organizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Washington Office Target entity description: The Washington Office is the American Library Association’s advocacy and public policy arm based in Washington, D.C., representing libraries’ interests before the U.S. federal government.
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A.
Government of the District of Columbia
The Government of the District of Columbia is the municipal administration responsible for governing Washington, D.C., providing local services and implementing laws for the U.S. capital.
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B.
White House Communications Office
The White House Communications Office is the team within the Executive Office of the President responsible for developing and coordinating the administration’s messaging and public communications strategy.
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C.
District of Columbia Office of the Secretary
The District of Columbia Office of the Secretary is a DC government agency responsible for official records, ceremonial documents, and administrative functions such as managing the city’s legal and regulatory publications.
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D.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States, serving as the nation’s political center and home to its federal government institutions.
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E.
Washington Headquarters Services
Washington Headquarters Services is a U.S. Department of Defense support agency that provides administrative, operational, and management services to Pentagon leadership and various defense organizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
advocacy office
ⓘ
organizational unit of the American Library Association ⓘ public policy office ⓘ |
| activity |
coalition building
ⓘ
communication with members of Congress ⓘ grassroots advocacy support ⓘ legislative monitoring ⓘ lobbying ⓘ organizing advocacy campaigns ⓘ policy analysis ⓘ preparing policy briefs ⓘ |
| affiliation | American Library Association Council and divisions ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| field |
government relations
ⓘ
library and information science ⓘ public policy ⓘ |
| focus |
access to information
ⓘ
copyright policy ⓘ federal legislation affecting libraries ⓘ information policy ⓘ intellectual freedom ⓘ library advocacy ⓘ privacy and surveillance issues related to libraries ⓘ public policy ⓘ |
| goal |
advance the interests of libraries at the national level
ⓘ
influence federal legislation and regulation affecting libraries ⓘ promote equitable access to information ⓘ protect intellectual freedom in library contexts ⓘ secure federal funding for libraries ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
federal government of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | American Library Association ⓘ |
| partOf |
American Library Association advocacy program
ⓘ
linked to:
American Library Association
|
| represents | interests of libraries before the U.S. federal government ⓘ |
| sector | nonprofit ⓘ |
| sectorRepresented |
librarians
ⓘ
libraries ⓘ |
| shortName |
ALA Washington Office
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington Office
|
| website | https://www.ala.org/advocacy/wo ⓘ |
| worksWith |
U.S. Congress
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Congress
federal agencies of the United States ⓘ national coalitions on education and information policy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Washington Office Description of subject: The Washington Office is the American Library Association’s advocacy and public policy arm based in Washington, D.C., representing libraries’ interests before the U.S. federal government.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Washington Office
linked to: Washington Office