Executive Department Pamphlet Project
Description:
Every day, the President of the United States is faced with scores of decisions, each with important
consequences for America’s future. To provide the President with the support that he or she needs to govern
effectively, the Executive Office of the President (EOP) was created in 1939 by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt. The EOP has responsibility for tasks ranging from communicating the President’s message to the
American people to promoting our trade interests abroad.
Overseen by the White House Chief of Staff, the EOP has traditionally been home to many of the President’s
closest advisors.
Task:
Your task is to use the internet to discover more in depth information about four of the president’s executive
offices and create an executive branch scramble* of your own.
You need to answer the following questions:
 When each department was created
 Who is the current secretary of each department
 What is the mission of each department
 2 agencies and the services it provides to/for the country and/or its people for each department
Links:
Visit the website http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/cabinet to gather more information on your
cabinet. Check the “about” tab to learn about its mission.
Use http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/fedgov.html to find 2 executive agencies of your department. Remember to
find out what each agency does too.
*The Executive Branch Scramble was the worksheet that you did in class that had the department, mission, and
agencies listed on the left side and the boxes/lines to fill in on the right.