Loyalty Review Board

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The Loyalty Review Board was a federal body established during the early Cold War to investigate and evaluate the political loyalty of U.S. government employees as part of anti-communist security measures.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Loyalty Review Board canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal government body ⓘ
loyalty review board ⓘ
appliesCriterion reasonable doubt as to loyalty ⓘ
appliesTo U.S. federal employees ⓘ
applicants for federal employment ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
characterizedBy anti-communist orientation ⓘ
security screening ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolutionCause changes in federal security and loyalty procedures ⓘ
dissolved 1950s ⓘ
establishedFor implementation of the Truman loyalty program ⓘ
follows Truman loyalty program ⓘ
governs standards of loyalty for federal employment ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver loyalty cases referred by federal agencies ⓘ
hasEffect chilling effect on political expression among federal workers ⓘ
dismissal or resignation of some federal employees ⓘ
expansion of federal employee security screening ⓘ
hasMainTask appeals review in loyalty cases ⓘ
evaluation of security risks among federal employees ⓘ
investigation of political loyalty of U.S. government employees ⓘ
review of loyalty cases referred by federal agencies ⓘ
screening for communist affiliations ⓘ
hasPurpose identify potential communist influence in the federal government ⓘ
prevent employment of persons deemed disloyal in federal service ⓘ
protect U.S. national security ⓘ
historicalPeriod Red Scare in the United States ⓘ
early Cold War ⓘ
inception 1947 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalBasis Executive Order 9835 ⓘ
legalForm administrative board ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
partOf United States federal government ⓘ
civil service loyalty program ⓘ
relatedTo Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
McCarthyism ⓘ
Truman administration ⓘ
subjectOf controversy over civil liberties ⓘ
debate about due process in loyalty investigations ⓘ
historical studies of McCarthy-era security programs ⓘ
supervises agency loyalty boards ⓘ
usesMethod administrative hearings ⓘ
background investigations ⓘ
review of FBI reports ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Executive Order 9835 → createdBody → Loyalty Review Board ⓘ
Executive Order 9835 → administeredBy → Loyalty Review Board ⓘ