Office of Homeland Security

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The Office of Homeland Security was a White House-level entity created after the September 11, 2001 attacks to coordinate national efforts to prevent and respond to terrorism within the United States.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Office of Homeland Security canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government office ⓘ
defunct government agency ⓘ
associatedWithEvent September 11 attacks ⓘ
associatedWithPresident George W. Bush administration ⓘ
linked to: Bush administration
country United States ⓘ
createdAfter September 11, 2001 attacks ⓘ
createdBy George W. Bush ⓘ
dissolutionDate March 1, 2003 ⓘ
firstHead Tom Ridge ⓘ
formationDate October 8, 2001 ⓘ
governmentBranch Executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
hadAdvisoryBody Homeland Security Council ⓘ
headedBy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security ⓘ
headquartersLocation The White House ⓘ
linked to: White House
historicalSignificance served as the initial White House-level coordinating body for U.S. homeland security policy after 9/11 ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legalBasis Executive Order 13228 ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notScope foreign military operations ⓘ
oversightArea critical infrastructure protection ⓘ
domestic preparedness for weapons of mass destruction ⓘ
homeland security policy ⓘ
terrorism prevention ⓘ
terrorism response ⓘ
parentAdvisoryCouncil Homeland Security Council ⓘ
partOf Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
policyScope domestic homeland security ⓘ
primaryPurpose coordinate national efforts to prevent terrorism in the United States ⓘ
coordinate national efforts to respond to terrorism in the United States ⓘ
reasonForDissolution creation of the Department of Homeland Security consolidated homeland security functions ⓘ
reorganizedInto United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
replacedBy United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
reportedTo Homeland Security Council ⓘ
responsibility coordinate domestic incident management related to terrorism ⓘ
coordinate federal, state, and local government homeland security activities ⓘ
coordinate homeland security-related intelligence and law enforcement information ⓘ
develop and coordinate the implementation of a comprehensive national strategy to secure the United States from terrorist threats or attacks ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
subordinateTo President of the United States ⓘ
timePeriod post-9/11 era ⓘ
Tom RidgePosition Assistant to the President for Homeland Security ⓘ
workedWith Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ
Department of Justice ⓘ
Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ
state and local governments in the United States ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Homeland Security Advisory System → administeredBy → Office of Homeland Security ⓘ
Executive Order 13228 → creates → Office of Homeland Security ⓘ
Executive Order 13238 → establishes → Office of Homeland Security ⓘ